Patent ID: 11861184
Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 13:
14. A device for determining a resultant data word when accessing memory cells of a memory, wherein the device is designed for carrying out the steps of:
(a) reading a set of memory cells to obtain a physical value for each of a plurality of components,
(b) determining a first data word from the set of memory cells by comparing for each component the respective physical value with a first reference value, and assigning to each component a first value when the physical value is above the first reference value and a second value when the physical value is below the first reference value,
(c) determining a second data word from the set of memory cells by comparing for each component the respective physical value with a second reference value, and assigning to each component a first value when the physical value is above the second reference value and a second value when the physical value is below the second reference value,
(d) determining whether the first data word and the second data word are codewords of an error correcting code;
(e) when the first data word is a codeword of the error correcting code, adopting the first data word as the resultant data word; or
(f) when the second data word is a codeword of the error correcting code, adopting the second data word as the resultant data word.