A Class of Optimal Minimum Odd-weight-column SEC-DED Codes

Abstract

The class of codes described in this paper is used for single-error correction and double-error detection (SEC-DED). It is equivalent to the Hamming SEC-DED code in the sense that for a specified number k of data bits, the same number of check bits r is used. The minimum odd-weight-column code is suitable for applications to computer memories or parallel systems. A computation indicates that this code is better in performance, cost and reliability than are conventional Hamming SEC-DED codes.