Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Non-volatile memory apparatus and empty page detection method thereof
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Application No.: US15221598Application Date: 2016-07-28
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Publication No.: US10372533B2Publication Date: 2019-08-06
- Inventor: Ying Yu Tai , Jiangli Zhu
- Applicant: VIA Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: TW New Taipei
- Assignee: VIA Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: VIA Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: TW New Taipei
- Agency: JCIPRNET
- Main IPC: G06F11/10
- IPC: G06F11/10 ; H03M13/11 ; G11C29/52

Abstract:
A non-volatile memory (NVM) apparatus and an empty page detection method thereof are provided. The NVM apparatus includes a NVM and a controller. The controller reads the content of a memory page of the NVM. The controller performs Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) decoding for at least one codeword of the memory page to obtain a decoded codeword and a check-result vector. The controller determines that the memory page is not an empty page when the LDPC decoding for the codeword is successful. The controller counts an amount of the bits being 1 (or 0) in the check-result vector when the LDPC decoding for the codeword is fail. Based on the amount of the bits being 1 (or 0) in the check-result vector, the controller determines whether the memory page is an empty page.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170277589A1 NON-VOLATILE MEMORY APPARATUS AND EMPTY PAGE DETECTION METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2017-09-28
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