Storage devices with soft processing
US8107306B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 6, 2009 |
| Grant date | Jan 31, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 30, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11C29/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A storage device includes a storage array having a group of storage elements. Each storage element can written to a discrete set of physical states. A read circuit selects one or more storage elements and generates, for each selected storage element, an analog signal representative of the physical state of the selected storage element. A signal processing circuit processes the analog signal to generate a plurality of outputs, with each output representing a degree of an association of the selected storage element with a different subset of one or more of the discrete set of physical states.
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