Rearranging write data to avoid hard errors

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8977929
APP PUB NO 20140245107A1
SERIAL NO

13779381

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This disclosure relates to avoiding a hard error in memory during write time by shifting data to be programmed to memory to mask the hard error. In one implementation, a method of programming data to a memory array includes obtaining error data corresponding to a selected memory cell, shifting a data pattern such that a value to be stored by the selected memory cell matches a value associated with a hard error, and programming the shifted data pattern to memory array such that the value programmed to the selected memory cell matches the value associated with the hard error.

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  • MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.

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Bonanomi, Mauro Cassano D'Adda, IT 6 52
Fackenthal, Richard E Carmichael, US 79 642
Melton, William Shingle Springs, US 6 480
Thiruvengadam, Aswin Mather, US 46 143
Visconti, Angelo Appiano Gentile, IT 67 266

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