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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 1991

Filed:

Jan. 24, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:

Kenji Kohda, Hyogo, JP;

Yasuhiro Kouro, Hyogo, JP;

Hiroyasu Makihara, Hyogo, JP;

Tsuyoshi Toyama, Hyogo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365200 ; 365125 ; 371 102 ;
Abstract

A memory cell array (100) of an EPROM includes a first data memory region (1a), a second data memory region (1b), a 2M code memory line (2a) and a 1M code memory line (2b). When both the first and the second data memory regions (1a, 1b) are normal, the EPROM may be used as a 2M bit EPROM, in which case a device code indicating that the EPROM is a 2M bit EPROM is read out from the 2M code memory line (2a). When a defective portion is present in one of the first and the second data memory regions (1a, 1b), the EPROM may be used as a 1M bit EPROM, in which case a device code indicating that the EPROM is a 1M bit EPROM is read out from the 1M code memory line (2b).


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