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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:
Mar. 26, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 06, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael J Griffus, Vancouver, WA (US);
Robert G Pollachek, Vancouver, WA (US);
Giao N Pham, Austin, TX (US);
Assignees:
Sharp Microelectronics Technology, Inc., Camas, WA (US);
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365200 ; 365226 ;
Abstract
A method of, and apparatus for, decoupling a defective or otherwise non-operational memory block from the power lines of a memory device is disclosed. Defects which cause excessive current consumption in defective memory blocks can be repaired through this approach. Mass-production yields can be improved significantly.