Abstract:
In an embodiment, a storage device includes a multiplicity of data value memory cells and a multiplicity of check value memory cells, where at least one of the multiplicity of data value memory cells is assigned to two of the check value memory cells, and where at least one of the multiplicity of check value memory cells is assigned to two of the data value memory cells, and a correction circuit which is configured to output a corrected data value when reading out a selected data value memory cell of the at least one of the multiplicity of data value memory cells, based on a content of the selected data value memory cell and based on contents of the two check value memory cells assigned to the selected data value memory cell.
Abstract:
A method for compensating for a read error is disclosed, wherein each of n states are read from memory cells of a memory, the states being determined in a time domain. If the n states do not form a code word of a k-from-n code, a plurality of states from the n states, which were determined within a reading window, are provided with a first valid assignment and fed to an error processing stage. If the error processing does not indicate an error, the n states are further processed with the first valid assignment, and if the error processing indicates an error, the plurality of states that were determined within the reading window are provided with a second valid assignment and the n states are further processed with the second valid assignment. Accordingly, a device, a system and a computer program product are also disclosed.
Abstract:
A method for detecting a code word is proposed, wherein the code word is a code word of one of at least two codes, wherein n states are read from memory cells of a memory, respectively. The n states are determined in a time domain for each of the at least two codes, wherein additionally n states are read from further memory cells and at least one reference value is determined therefrom and wherein the at least one reference value is taken as a basis for determining which of the at least two codes is the correct code. A corresponding device is furthermore specified.
Abstract:
The disclosure proposes a circuit including a memory which has a multiplicity of memory cells, the memory having a first area and a second area, at least one memory cell comprising a part of the first area and a part of the second area, the first area having a lower reliability than the second area, and the circuit being set up in such a manner that first bits are stored in the first area and second bits are stored in the second area. A circuit for reading the memory and methods for writing to and reading the memory are also disclosed.
Abstract:
A memory device includes a memory with first memory cells and second memory cells, which are different from the first memory cells. In the first memory cells there is stored a first bit sequence and in the second memory cells there is stored a second bit sequence. The memory device includes a memory controller, which is configured to check the first bit sequence with a frequency (x1/T) assigned to the first memory cells. The frequency (x1/T) assigned to the first memory cells depends on an item of reliability information for the first memory cells. The memory controller is configured in the case of an error state to correct an erroneous bit of the first bit sequence and to write back at least the corrected bit into the memory. The second bit sequence is checked less often than the first bit sequence on the basis of an item of reliability information for the second memory cells.
Abstract:
A circuit arrangement for detecting memory errors is provided. The circuit arrangement comprises a memory (11) and an error detection circuit (12). The circuit arrangement is designed to store a code word of an error detection code (C) or a code word that is inverted in a subset (M) of bits in the memory (11) at a memory location and to read out a data word from the memory (11) from the memory location. The error detection circuit (12) is designed, for the case where a control signal present assumes a first value, to indicate a memory error if the data word is not a code word of the error detection code (C). Furthermore, the error detection circuit (12) is designed, for the case where the control signal present assumes a second value, which is different from the first value, and the code word that is inverted in the subset (M) of bits was written to the memory location, to determine on the basis of the data word read out from the memory (11) whether a memory error is present if the code word that is inverted in the subset (M) of bits is not a code word of the error detection code (C).
Abstract:
A memory device includes a memory with first memory cells and second memory cells, which are different from the first memory cells. In the first memory cells there is stored a first bit sequence and in the second memory cells there is stored a second bit sequence. The memory device includes a memory controller, which is configured to check the first bit sequence with a frequency (×1/T) assigned to the first memory cells. The frequency (×1/T) assigned to the first memory cells depends on an item of reliability information for the first memory cells. The memory controller is configured in the case of an error state to correct an erroneous bit of the first bit sequence and to write back at least the corrected bit into the memory. The second bit sequence is checked less often than the first bit sequence on the basis of an item of reliability information for the second memory cells.
Abstract:
A circuitry comprising a syndrome generator configured to generate a syndrome based on a parity check matrix and a binary word comprising a first set of bits and a second set of bits is provided. For the first set of bits an error correction of correctable bit errors within the first set is provided by the parity check matrix and for the second set of bits an error detection of a detectable bit errors within the second set is provided by the parity check matrix.
Abstract:
A circuitry is provided that includes a memory including a plurality of memory cells, wherein at least one of the plurality of memory cells of the memory is configured to take on one of at least three different states. The circuitry also includes a first subcircuit BT configured to generate a plurality of ternary output values based on a sequence of binary values, a second subcircuit LH configured to transform one or more ternary state values into binary auxiliary read values based on the one or more state values, and an encoder configured to generate one or more binary check bits, wherein the encoder is configured to store each of the generated one or more check bits in a different memory cell.
Abstract:
An apparatus for correcting at least one bit error within a coded bit sequence includes an error syndrome generator and a bit error corrector. The error syndrome generator determines the error syndrome of a coded bit sequence derived by a multiplication of a check matrix with a coded bit sequence.