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Patent Inventor Names
William Henry Radke0
Date of Patent
May 6, 2008
0Patent Application Number
115036120
Date Filed
August 14, 2006
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
A memory device is described that uses extra data bits stored in a multi-level cell (MLC) to provide error information. An example embodiment provides a memory cell that uses more than 2X logic levels to store X data bits and an error bit. At least one extra bit provided during a read operation is used to provide error information or a confidence factor of the X data bits originally stored in the cell.
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