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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2000
Filed:
May. 20, 1999
John Christian Holst, San Jose, CA (US);
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A redundancy configurations is described in which a redundant element is able to overpower a defective element without the need for physical disconnection or logical deselection and in which plural redundant rows (or columns) are provided to replace more than one defective row (or column) in an array or subarray. Redundancy configurations are further described in which a redundant element is able to overpower a defective element without the need for physical disconnection or logical deselection and in which a given redundant row (or column) may replace a defective row (or column) in one of plural subarrays representing distinct sets of rows (or columns).