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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2014
Globalfoundries Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Theodore Antonakopoulos, Rio Patras, GR;
Thomas Mittelholzer, Rueschlikon, CH;
Nikolaos Papandreou, Rueschlikon, CH;
Charalampos Pozidis, Rueschlikon, CH;
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC., Grand Cayman, KY;
Abstract
A multi-stage codeword detector for detecting codewords from read signals received from a multi-level memory device, includes a first detection stage configured for a coarse detection of a first codeword from a received read signal; a second detection stage configured for a fine detection of a second codeword from the received read signal; and a deciding entity configured to decide on using the second detection stage for the received read signal in dependence on a reliability indicator indicating a certain reliability level of the received read signal.