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Soft error correction for a data storage mechanism

US8086935B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJun 19, 2007
Grant dateDec 27, 2011
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Expiry dateOct 26, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2220/2562
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus and method are disclosed for correcting errors in data obtained from read operations on a storage medium. Errors that occur in a minority of read operations for the data are corrected by a voting technique. The data may then be processed with error correcting code to correct errors that occur in a majority of read operations.

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