US Patent Issued to SK Hynix NAND Product Solutions on Nov. 25 for "Background data refresh using soft reads" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,533, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SK Hynix NAND Product Solutions Corp. (Rancho Cordova, Calif.).

"Background data refresh using soft reads" was invented by Zion Kwok (Burnaby, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This application is directed to data validation and refresh in an electronic device having a memory device. The memory device receives an inquiry for a validity condition of a page of the memory device, which includes a plurality of memory cells that store two consecutive data items and correspond to two nominal threshold voltages. In response to the inquiry, the memory device selects a first readout voltage and a se...