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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2016
Seoul National University R&db Foundation, Seoul, KR;
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Jung Ho Ahn, Suwon-si, KR;
Namsung Kim, Champaign, IL (US);
SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION, Seoul, KR;
WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION, Madison, WI (US);
Abstract
A memory system and a method for the error correction of memory are disclosed herein. The method for the error correction of memory is performed by a memory system including a plurality of memory chips. The method for the error correction of memory may include reading, by a first ECC engine unit included in each of a plurality of memory chips, a chunk including a plurality of data bursts, first parity bits, and position bits from each of the plurality of memory chips; extracting, by the first ECC engine unit, a single data burst having an error from the plurality of data bursts using the position bits; and performing, by the first ECC engine unit, first error correction using the first parity bit corresponding to the extracted error data burst.