Patent ID: 9442798
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: G06F,G11C

Claim Text:
1. A method of operating a digital memory device to read data from a page of data stored therein to a data bus, comprising: receiving a page data read instruction specifying a page of the digital memory device; responsive to the page data read instruction receiving step, setting a first status bit and a second status bit to “busy;” responsive to the page data read instruction receiving step, loading data from the specified page of data into a page buffer in the digital memory device, the page buffer being partitioned into at least a first part and a second part; responsive to the page data read instruction receiving step, performing first ECC processing of the data in the first part of the page buffer to establish first ECC-processed data therein; resetting the first status bit to “not busy” upon completion of the first ECC processing performing step; responsive to the page data read instruction receiving step, performing second ECC processing of the data in a second part of the page buffer to establish second ECC-processed data therein; and resetting the second status bit to “not busy” upon completion of the second ECC processing performing step.