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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 1985
Filed:
Apr. 12, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
George Smarandoiu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
George Perlegos, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
SEEQ Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365200 ; 365210 ;
Abstract
A semiconductor memory having back-up storage devices arranged along redundant word lines to replace defective storage devices located in the primary array of the memory. The memory includes a redundant decoder for enabling the redundant word lines in response to a selected address and a redundancy disable circuit for generating a signal indicative of redundant word line use.