Background reference positioning and local reference positioning using threshold voltage shift read

A Marelli, R Micheloni - US Patent 10,157,677, 2018 - Google Patents
A nonvolatile memory system, a nonvolatile memory controller and a method for reducing
latency of a memory controller are disclosed. Upon the occurrence of one or more of an …

Nonvolatile memory controller with error detection for concatenated error correction codes

R Micheloni, A Marelli, PZ Onufryk… - US Patent 8,621,318, 2013 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A nonvolatile memory controller to recover encoded data by performing a
hard-decision inner error correction code decoding and an outer error correction code …

System and method with reference voltage partitioning for low density parity check decoding

R Micheloni, A Marelli, PZ Onufryk - US Patent 9,235,467, 2016 - Google Patents
A nonvolatile memory storage controller for delivering log likelihood ratios (LLRs) to a low-
density parity check (LDPC) decoder for use in the decoding of an LDPC encoded …

Nonvolatile memory system with program step manager and method for program step management

R Micheloni - US Patent 9,899,092, 2018 - Google Patents
Abstract A Solid State Drive (SSD) that includes a host connector receptacle for connecting
to a host computer, a plurality of NAND devices and a nonvolatile memory controller. The …

Nonvolatile memory controller with concatenated error correction codes

R Micheloni, A Marelli, PZ Onufryk… - US Patent 8,656,257, 2014 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A nonvolatile memory controller may recover encoded data using the outer
error correction code of the encoded data if it is determined that a correction capacity of the …

System and method for avoiding error mechanisms in layered iterative decoding

CIW Norrie - US Patent 8,984,376, 2015 - Google Patents
A low-density parity check (LDPC) decoder is provided for decoding low-density parity check
(LDPC) encoded data wherein the processing order of the layers of the LDPC parity check …

System and method for lifetime specific LDPC decoding

R Micheloni, PZ Onufryk, A Marelli… - US Patent 9,397,701, 2016 - Google Patents
A nonvolatile memory storage controller is provided for delivering log likelihood ratios
(LLRs) to a low-density parity check (LDPC) decoder for use in the decoding of an LDPC …

Error correction code technique for improving read stress endurance

R Micheloni, L Crippa, A Marelli - US Patent 8,694,855, 2014 - Google Patents
-1145 bit errors in the data unit does not exceed an error correction capacity of the error
correction code. Otherwise, the data storage device generates a modified data unit based on …

System and method for accumulating soft information in LDPC decoding

R Micheloni, A Marelli, PZ Onufryk, CIW Norrie… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
A system and method reading, accumulating and processing soft information for use in
LDPC decoding. In accordance with the present invention, an LDPC decoder includes …

System and method for higher quality log likelihood ratios in LDPC decoding

R Micheloni, A Marelli, PZ Onufryk, CIW Norrie… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
A nonvolatile memory storage controller is provided for delivering log likelihood ratios
(LLRs) to a low-density parity check (LDPC) decoder for use in the decoding of an LDPC …