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Memory including error correction circuit and operating method thereof

US12253912B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 17, 2023
Grant dateMar 18, 2025
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Expiry dateMar 16, 2043

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/1048
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is an operating method of a memory, and the operating method may include reading, from selected memory cells included in the memory, codewords including data and an error correction code; detecting errors in the codewords; correcting the errors in the codewords; re-writing the error-corrected codewords to the selected memory cells; re-reading the re-written error-corrected codewords from the selected memory cells; and determining whether the errors are permanent errors in response to a determination that an error is present in the re-read error-corrected codewords.

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