Method to create a uniformly distributed multi-level cell (MLC) bitstream from a non-uniform MLC bitstream

A memory device, comprising:

• memory cells organized into a memory cell collection, each memory cell in the memory cell collection is configured to store a binary multi-bit value delimited by characteristic parameter bands of a characteristic parameter;
• a receiving unit for receiving an original collection of data, the original collection of data having binary multi-bit values arbitrarily distributed across the binary multi-bit values assigned to the plurality of characteristic parameter bands;
• a transforming unit for transforming the original collection of data into a transformed collection of data using a reversible mathematical operator, the transformed collection of data having binary multi-bit values substantially uniformly distributed across the binary multi-bit values assigned to the plurality of characteristic parameter bands;
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• a storing unit for storing the transformed collection of data as characteristic parameter values representing binary multi-bit values in the collection of memory cells.

A computer program product comprising a tangible computer readable medium embodying computer program code for operating at least one memory cell collection, the memory cells in the memory cell collection storing binary multi-bit values delimited by characteristic parameter bands of a characteristic parameter the computer program code comprising computer executable instructions for:

• receiving an original collection of data, the original collection of data having binary multi-bit values arbitrarily distributed across the binary multi-bit values assigned to the plurality of characteristic parameter bands;
• transforming the original collection of data into a transformed collection of data using a reversible mathematical operator, the transformed collection of data having binary multi-bit values substantially uniformly distributed across the binary multi-bit values assigned to the plurality of characteristic parameter bands;
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• storing the transformed collection of data as characteristic parameter values representing the binary multi-bit values in the collection of memory cells.