发明授权
US08102705B2 Structure and method for shuffling data within non-volatile memory devices
有权
在非易失性存储器件内混洗数据的结构和方法
- 专利标题: Structure and method for shuffling data within non-volatile memory devices
- 专利标题(中): 在非易失性存储器件内混洗数据的结构和方法
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申请号: US12635449申请日: 2009-12-10
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公开(公告)号: US08102705B2公开(公告)日: 2012-01-24
- 发明人: Bo Liu , Yan Li , Alexander Kwok-Tung Mak , Chi-Ming Wang , Eugene Jinglun Tam , Kwang-ho Kim
- 申请人: Bo Liu , Yan Li , Alexander Kwok-Tung Mak , Chi-Ming Wang , Eugene Jinglun Tam , Kwang-ho Kim
- 申请人地址: US TX Plano
- 专利权人: SanDisk Technologies Inc.
- 当前专利权人: SanDisk Technologies Inc.
- 当前专利权人地址: US TX Plano
- 代理机构: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
- 主分类号: G11C16/04
- IPC分类号: G11C16/04 ; G11C7/10
摘要:
Techniques for the reading and writing of data in multi-state non-volatile memories are described. Data is written into the memory in a binary format, read into the data registers on the memory, and “folded” within the registers, and then written back into the memory in a multi-state format. In the folding operation, binary data from a single word line is folded into a multi-state format and, when rewritten in multi-state form, is written into a only a portion of another word line. A corresponding reading technique, where the data is “unfolded” is also described. The techniques further allow for the data to be encoded with an error correction code (ECC) on the controller that takes into account its eventual multi-state storage prior to transferring the data to the memory to be written in binary form. A register structure allowing such a “folding” operation is also presented. One set of embodiments include a local internal data bus that allows data to between the registers of different read/write stacks, where the internal bus can used in the internal data folding process.