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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2019
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Kotb Jabeur, Essex Junction, VT (US);
John Kenneth DeBrosse, Colchester, VT (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/38 (2006.01); G11C 8/08 (2006.01); G11C 7/12 (2006.01); G06F 30/39 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/38 (2013.01); G11C 7/12 (2013.01); G11C 8/08 (2013.01); G06F 30/39 (2020.01);
Abstract
Memory devices incorporating selective boosting techniques and methods for managing memory devices incorporating selective boosting techniques. One or more bit cells of a memory device are tested during a test phase and one or more addresses of one or more weak bit cells are stored in a non-volatile weak bit address memory within the memory device.