Patent Document ID: 7937639
Application ID: 11625974

Base Claim:
1. A device for reading out a predetermined data word from a memory in which a data block is divided into a plurality of data words including the predetermined data word, an error identification value associated with the respective data word per data word of the plurality of data words, and a correction value associated with the data block are stored, comprising: an error identifier implemented to check whether the predetermined data word comprises a predetermined relation to the associated error identification value to conclude that there is an error if the predetermined relation is not present; and an error corrector implemented to correct the error using the correction value if the predetermined data word does not comprise the predetermined relation to the associated error identification value, wherein the error corrector is implemented to use the correction value for error correction independent of which data word of the plurality of data words is the predetermined data word.

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Claim 11:
11. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the error identifier is further implemented to check, if the predetermined data word comprises the predetermined relation to the associated error identification value, the data block or the predetermined data word with/without the associated error identification value for an unidentified error using the correction value and, if there is an unidentified error, to output an alarm signal.