IP Library Granted Patent US 12676635
Granted Patent B2
US 12676635 · App. 18/424,623 · Granted Jul 7, 2026

Controller, system and method for decoding codeword based on historical information

Inventors: Yanfang Liu (San Jose, CA); Chenrong Xiong (San Jose, CA); Jie Chen (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: InnoGrit Technologies Co., Ltd.
H03M13/1108
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Patent No.
US 12676635
App. No.
18/424,623
Granted
Jul 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

LDPC codewords may be decoded based on historical decoding information. In a decoding iteration, the value of flipping energy of a variable node in a codeword is computed based on information representing decoding of the codeword before the decoding iteration. A comparison result is obtained by comparing the value of flipping energy to a flipping energy threshold. The variable node is flipped in response to the comparison result satisfying a criterion.

Claims (23)

1 . A method comprising:

in a decoding iteration, computing a value of flipping energy of a variable node in a codeword, based on information representing decoding of the codeword before the decoding iteration;

obtaining a comparison result by comparing the value of flipping energy to a flipping energy threshold; and

in response to the comparison result satisfying a criterion, flipping the variable node;

wherein computing the value of flipping energy comprises:

setting values of a first parameter and a second parameter based on an index of the decoding iteration;

setting values of a third parameter and a fourth parameter based on the information;

determining a value of a fifth parameter based on the values of the first parameter, the second parameter, the third parameter, the fourth parameter, and channel information of the variable node in the decoding iteration; and

normalizing the value of the fifth parameter as the value of flipping energy.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the information comprises a time interval between the decoding iteration and a previous decoding iteration in which the variable node was flipped.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the information comprises a previous value of flipping energy of the variable node in a previous decoding iteration.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the variable node was flipped in the previous decoding iteration.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the information comprises a time interval between the decoding iteration and a previous decoding iteration in which another variable node of the codeword was flipped; wherein the codeword comprises a check node whose value is a parity of a subset of variable nodes of the codeword and the variable node and the other variable node are both in the subset.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the information comprises a previous value of flipping energy of another variable node of the codeword in a previous decoding iteration; wherein the codeword comprises a check node whose value is a parity of a subset of variable nodes of the codeword and the variable node and the other variable node are both in the subset.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein setting the values of the first parameter and the second parameter based on the index of the decoding iteration comprises comparing the index to an iteration index threshold.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the value of the fifth parameter comprises determining whether channel mismatch is presence based on the channel information.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the criterion is that the value of flipping energy is greater than the flipping energy threshold.

10 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising updating the flipping energy threshold based on check nodes of the codeword.

11 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising computing a syndrome weight of the codeword; in response to the syndrome weight being zero, transmitting the codeword to a host system.

12 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving the codeword from a non-volatile memory.

13 . A controller, comprising a processor configured to implement the method of claim 1 .

14 . A system, comprising the controller of claim 13 , wherein the system is a solid-state drive (SSD), a flash drive, a mother board, a processor, a computer, a server, a gaming device, or a mobile device.

15 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium having information, wherein the information, when read by a hardware processor system, causes the hardware processor system to perform the method of claim 1 .