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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018

Filed:

Feb. 07, 2017
Applicant:

Silicon Motion Inc., Hsinchu County, TW;

Inventors:

Tsung-Chieh Yang, Hsinchu, TW;

Hsiao-Te Chang, Hsinchu County, TW;

Wen-Long Wang, Hsinchu, TW;

Assignee:

Silicon Motion Inc., Hsinchu County, TW;

Attorney:
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 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0622 (2013.01); G06F 3/0629 (2013.01); G06F 3/0638 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G11C 11/5628 (2013.01); G11C 16/08 (2013.01); G11C 16/26 (2013.01);
Abstract

A memory access module for performing memory access management of a storage device including a plurality of storage cells includes: sensing means for performing a plurality of sensing operations respectively corresponding to a plurality of different sensing voltages in order to generate a first digital value and a second digital value of a storage cell; processing means for using the first digital value and the second digital value to obtain soft information of a same bit stored in the storage cell; decoding means for using the soft information to perform soft decoding; and controlling means for accessing the storage device. The controlling means includes: storage means for storing a program code; and processing means for executing a program code to control access to the storage device and manage the plurality of storage cells.


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