Patent ID: 11907581
Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 30:
31. A data storage device comprising:
a plurality of storage elements, each storage element of the plurality of storage elements configured for storing a piece of information, wherein:
the plurality of storage elements is:
accessible as a plurality of word sets, each word set of the plurality of word sets comprising a set of storage elements; and
accessible as a plurality of slice sets, each slice set of the plurality of slice sets comprising a set of storage elements;

each storage element of the plurality of storage elements is a part of a word set of the plurality of word sets and a part of a slice set of the plurality of slice sets; and

a control unit configured for obtaining word information and slice information and for executing a write operation to parallelly write the word information into a first word set of the plurality of word sets and the slice information into a first slice set of the plurality of slice sets, wherein the first word set and the first slice set comprise a common storage element defined by an overlap of the first word set and the first slice set in a layout of the plurality of storage elements, wherein:
a storage element of the plurality of storage elements comprises:
an information input to receive information to be written;
a control input for receiving a control signal; and
an information output; and

the information input is connected to a selection circuit configured for:
receiving a first information signal comprising at least a part of the word information;
receiving a second information signal comprising at least a part of the slice information; and
selecting one information signal, of the first information signal and the second information signal, to be forwarded.