Background reference positioning and local reference positioning using threshold voltage shift read

A Marelli, R Micheloni - US Patent 10,157,677, 2018 - Google Patents
A nonvolatile memory system, a nonvolatile memory controller and a method for reducing
latency of a memory controller are disclosed. Upon the occurrence of one or more of an …

Methods and apparatus to perform error detection and correction

S Li, NP Jouppi, N Muralimanohar - US Patent 8,788,904, 2014 - Google Patents
Example methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to perform error detection and
correction are disclosed. A dis closed example method involves enabling a memory control …

Memory device error check and scrub mode and error transparency

JB Halbert, KS Bains - US Patent 10,810,079, 2020 - Google Patents
An error check and scrub (ECS) mode enables a memory device to perform error checking
and correction (ECC) and count errors. An associated memory controller triggers the ECS …

Nonvolatile memory system with program step manager and method for program step management

R Micheloni - US Patent 9,899,092, 2018 - Google Patents
Abstract A Solid State Drive (SSD) that includes a host connector receptacle for connecting
to a host computer, a plurality of NAND devices and a nonvolatile memory controller. The …

Memory device error check and scrub mode and error transparency

JB Halbert, KS Bains - US Patent 10,127,101, 2018 - Google Patents
An error check and scrub (ECS) mode enables a memory device to perform error checking
and correction (ECC) and count errors. An associated memory controller triggers the ECS …

Method, apparatus, and system for energy efficiency and energy conservation including power and performance workload-based balancing between multiple …

TT Schluessler, RJ Fenger - US Patent 9,304,570, 2016 - Google Patents
An apparatus, method and system is described herein for efficiently balancing performance
and power between pro cessing elements based on measured workloads. If a work load of a …

System and method for lifetime specific LDPC decoding

R Micheloni, PZ Onufryk, A Marelli… - US Patent 9,397,701, 2016 - Google Patents
A nonvolatile memory storage controller is provided for delivering log likelihood ratios
(LLRs) to a low-density parity check (LDPC) decoder for use in the decoding of an LDPC …

System and method for accumulating soft information in LDPC decoding

R Micheloni, A Marelli, PZ Onufryk, CIW Norrie… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
A system and method reading, accumulating and processing soft information for use in
LDPC decoding. In accordance with the present invention, an LDPC decoder includes …

System and method for higher quality log likelihood ratios in LDPC decoding

R Micheloni, A Marelli, PZ Onufryk, CIW Norrie… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
A nonvolatile memory storage controller is provided for delivering log likelihood ratios
(LLRs) to a low-density parity check (LDPC) decoder for use in the decoding of an LDPC …

High quality log likelihood ratios determined using two-index look-up table

R Micheloni, A Marelli, CIW Norrie - US Patent 9,450,610, 2016 - Google Patents
A nonvolatile memory controller includes memory storage configured to store a two-index
look-up table that includes a Log-Likelihood Ratio (LLR), hard-and-soft-decision bits …