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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:
Oct. 16, 1990
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Raymond D Bowden, III, Tewksbury, MA (US);
Edward R Salas, Lowell, MA (US);
Marc E Sanfacon, Acton, MA (US);
Jeffrey S Somers, Lowell, MA (US);
Assignee:
Bull HN Information Systems Inc., Billerica, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
371 402 ; 371 216 ; 371 212 ; 371-51 ;
Abstract
A system and method for detecting an error that occurred in a multi-chip memory storage device in a data processing system. The system detects an error and receives data and check bits associated therewith. A process that uses the principle of scrubbing and incorporates high speed error flags distinguishes between hard and soft errors.