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US 12,119,064 B2Granted
Binary to ternary convertor for multilevel memory
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsPawel Tomkiewicz, Jacek Jaworski
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Abstract
A memory device including a memory array comprising a plurality of memory cells, respective memory cells each comprising a storage element comprising phase change memory programmable to three unique states; and a controller comprising circuitry, the controller to convert binary data into ternary data at a ratio of three bits of binary data to two trits of ternary data and provide the ternary data to the memory array for storage.
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A memory device including:
- a memory array comprising a plurality of memory cells, respective memory cells each coupled between a respective wordline and a respective bitline and each comprising a storage element comprising phase change memory programmable to three unique states;
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- a controller comprising circuitry, the controller to convert binary data into ternary data at a ratio of three bits of binary data to two trits of ternary data and provide the ternary data to the memory array for storage.
A method comprising:
- receiving binary data from a host computing device;
- converting the binary data into ternary data at a ratio of three bits of binary data to two trits of ternary data;
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- writing the ternary data to a memory array a plurality of memory cells, respective memory cells each coupled between a respective wordline and a respective bitline and each comprising a storage element comprising phase change memory programmable to three unique states.
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A system comprising:
- a memory device comprising:
- a device controller;
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- at least one memory chip coupled to the device controller, wherein a memory chip comprises:
- a memory array comprising a plurality of memory cells, respective memory cells each coupled between a respective wordline and a respective bitline and each comprising a storage element comprising phase change memory programmable to three unique states;
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- a controller comprising circuitry, the controller to convert binary data into ternary data at a ratio of three bits of binary data to two trits of ternary data and provide the ternary data to the memory array for storage.
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