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Flash memory module, storage system, and method of controlling flash memory

US10803972B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 6, 2017
Grant dateOct 13, 2020
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Expiry dateMar 15, 2037

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C2029/5004
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A flash memory module includes a flash memory and a controller. The controller acquires information indicating reliability of monitoring target data of the flash memory, specifies a first cell, which is a cell having a threshold voltage level lower than a threshold voltage level of a corresponding cell in expected value data obtained by correcting an error bit of the monitoring target data, among cells in which error bits have occurred of the monitoring target data when it is determined that the reliability indicated by the acquired information is lower than a predetermined condition, and transmits rewrite correction target cell data, which is data corresponding to data of the first cell in the expected value data, to the flash memory. The flash memory injects an electron into the first cell based on a threshold voltage indicated by the rewrite correction target cell data.

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