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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2015
Applicant:
Sandisk Technologies Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Asaf Gueta, Or-Yehuda, IL;
Arseniy Aharonov, Tzur Yitzhak, IL;
Inon Cohen, Oranit, IL;
Rotem Bahar, Tel Aviv, IL;
Oran DeBotton, Kfar Saba, IL;
Tzachy Yizhaki, Kfar Saba, IL;
Itshak Afriat, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
SanDisk Technologies LLC, Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01); H03M 13/13 (2006.01); G11C 29/52 (2006.01); H03M 13/11 (2006.01); G11C 29/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1048 (2013.01); H03M 13/13 (2013.01); G11C 29/52 (2013.01); G11C 2029/0411 (2013.01); H03M 13/1102 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a memory system is provided comprising a volatile memory, a non-volatile memory, and an error correction code (ECC) module. The ECC module is configured to encode, decode, and correct data stored in the volatile memory when the memory system enters and exits a sleep mode and is further configured to encode, decode, and correct data stored in the non-volatile memory when the memory system is in an active mode.