Patent ID: 7852670
Filing Date: 2010-12-14
Classification: G11C

Abstract:
1. A method of retrieving data from two or more memory cells, said method comprising: comparing in-between two or more different memory cells a value of a predefined physical property on each one of the two or more memory cells, said two or more different memory cells constituting a group of memory cells that is at least one among a plurality of groups of memory cells, and wherein said comparing is performed in-between said two or more memory cells of said group; determining an order state associated with the values of the predefined physical property on each of the respective two or more different memory cells to be one order state out of a predefined set of order states, and wherein the order states in the predefined set are defined by order operators selected from a group consisting of: <, >, =, ≠, ≦, ≧, ≈; and deriving readable information based on the determined order state.