Patents by Inventor Naoto KUMANO

Naoto KUMANO has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11908526
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system includes first and second memory cells and a controller. The controller obtains first and second data based on a first read operation from the first and second memory cells, respectively. The controller obtains third and fourth data based on a second read from the first and second memory cells, respectively. The second read operation is different from the first read operation in a read voltage. The controller sets first and second values indicating likelihood of data stored in the first and second memory cells, respectively, based on information indicating locations of the first and second memory cells. The controller performs error correction on data read from the first and second memory cells using at least the third data and the first value, and using at least fourth data and the second value, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto Kumano, Kenji Sakurada
  • Publication number: 20230298685
    Abstract: A memory system includes a semiconductor memory device including a plurality of memory cells each configured to store data in a non-volatile manner according to a threshold voltage thereof and connected to a word line, and a controller configured to perform an error correction based on hard bit data and soft bit data read from the plurality of memory cells, generate a first table based on corrected data, determine a voltage difference between a first voltage and a second voltage, the first voltage being a voltage applied to the word line when the data being corrected is read, and correct the first table based on the voltage difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Motoki SHIMIZU, Kenji SAKURADA, Naoto KUMANO
  • Publication number: 20230045340
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system includes first and second memory cells and a controller. The controller obtains first and second data based on a first read operation from the first and second memory cells, respectively. The controller obtains third and fourth data based on a second read from the first and second memory cells, respectively. The second read operation is different from the first read operation in a read voltage. The controller sets first and second values indicating likelihood of data stored in the first and second memory cells, respectively, based on information indicating locations of the first and second memory cells. The controller performs error correction on data read from the first and second memory cells using at least the third data and the first value, and using at least fourth data and the second value, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Naoto KUMANO, Kenji SAKURADA