Memory sub-system error cleansing

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2005-01-18

2005-01-18

Le, Dieu-Minh (Department: 2114)

Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery

Data processing system error or fault handling

Reliability and availability

C714S054000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06845472

ABSTRACT:
A system and technique for detecting data errors in a memory device. More specifically, data errors in a memory device are detected by initiating an internal READ command or cleansing operation from a set of logic which is internal to the memory system in which the memory devices reside. Rather than relying on a READ command to be issued from an external device, via a host controller, the cleansing logic initiates a cleansing routine in response to an event such as an operator instruction or a periodic schedule. By implementing the cleansing operation, the system does not rely on external READ commands to verify data integrity. Further, a monitoring device is coupled between the cleansing logic and a memory scheduler. The monitoring device provides a feed back mechanism from which to vary the frequency of certain memory requests such as the cleansing and scrubbing operations. The cleansing routine may rely on typical ECC error logging mechanisms and may be used in a RAID memory architecture. Further, the cleansing routine may be used in conjunction with other error logging and correction logic, as well as scrubbing logic.

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