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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2015
Applicant:
Silicon Motion Inc., Hsinchu County, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Silicon Motion Inc., Hsinchu County, TW;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 11/56 (2006.01); G11C 16/26 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G11C 16/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/5642 (2013.01); G06F 3/0622 (2013.01); G06F 3/0638 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G11C 16/08 (2013.01); G11C 16/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for performing memory access includes: performing a plurality of sensing operations respectively corresponding to a plurality of different sensing voltages to generate a first digital value of a Flash cell of a Flash memory and a second digital value of the Flash cell of the Flash memory; using the first digital value and the second digital value to obtain soft information of a bit stored in the Flash cell; and using the soft information to perform soft decoding.