US Patent Issued to Micron Technology on March 3 for "Selective mode error control" (Idaho Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,873, issued on March 3, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Selective mode error control" was invented by Scott E. Schaefer (Boise, Idaho) and Aaron P. Boehm (Boise, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and devices for selective modes for error control are described. A memory system may implement an error control engine supporting error correction operations and error detection operations. The error control engine may switch between an error correction mode and an error detection mode. The error control engine may receive data and error control information, generate additional error control infor...