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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. 10, 1995
Filed:
Feb. 17, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365200 ; 3652257 ; 371 103 ;
Abstract
A column redundance circuit configuration for a memory includes a memory blocks with memory cells disposed in x lines and y columns. Redundant memory cells are disposed in b lines and c columns. A column decoder and c redundant column decoders are provided. Each column decoder is assigned to a respective one of the c redundant columns of each of the memory blocks. D encoding elements each have an address decoding device for assigning it to an arbitrary memory block.