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APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AND RECOVERING FROM DATA DESTRUCTION CAUSED IN AN UNACCESSED MEMORY CELL BY READ, AND METHOD THEREFOR

  • US 20080288814A1
  • Filed: 01/03/2008
  • Published: 11/20/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A non-volatile data storage apparatus, comprising:

  • a plurality of memory cells; and

    a memory controller coupled to the plurality of memory cells, for controlling data write and read in the plurality of memory cells,wherein each of the memory cells includes a field effect transistor having a floating gate,wherein each of the memory cells is included in one of a plurality of management areas,wherein the management areas each include at least two of the memory cells, andwherein the memory controller is configured to;

    write, in the plurality of memory cells, data and an error correction code calculated from the data;

    count, for each of the management areas, how many times data read processing has been executed in the memory cells within the management area;

    read, when the data read processing count that is counted for a first management area, which is one of the plurality of management areas, exceeds a first threshold, the data and the error correction code that are stored in the memory cells within the first management area;

    decode the read error correction code; and

    write, when a count of errors included in the read data exceeds a second threshold, the data corrected by decoding the error correction code in other management areas than the first management area.

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