Micron Technology, Inc.
Methods and apparatuses for error correction

Abstract:

Embodiments of the present invention disclose methods and apparatuses for correcting errors in data stored in a solid state device. The solid state device may have a plurality of bits stored in multi-level memory cells. The method may include identifying one or more errors in a plurality of memory cells. The method may further include converting the erroneous cells to erasures. The method may further include correcting the one or more erasures.