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Storage control apparatus, storage apparatus, and storage control method

US10338984B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 9, 2015
Grant dateJul 2, 2019
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Expiry dateNov 20, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C2029/0407
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Detecting a defective cell in a memory in consideration of an error property difference depending on the storage state. A determination unit determines whether there is a possibility of defect for each of unit-of-storages on a memory cell formed with a non-volatile memory. The non-volatile memory undergoes either a reset operation that transitions a state from a low resistive state (LRS) to a high resistive state (HRS) or a set operation that transitions the state from the high resistive state to the low resistive state. The determination unit determines a unit-of-storage in which the number of errors in predetermined one of the reset operation and the set operation has exceeded a predetermined standard, as a unit-of-storage suspected of having a defect.

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