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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1998
Frank P. Higgins, West Trenton, NJ (US);
Ilyoung Kim, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Goh Komoriya, Allentown, PA (US);
Hai Quang Pham, Hatfield, PA (US);
Yervant Zorian, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Agere Systems Guardian Corp., Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
A reconfiguration memory device is provided associated with a main memory array. The reconfiguration memory device generates a spare address in real time corresponding to a faulty address. The reconfiguration memory device is coupled to an address line, so that when address information is received for the main memory array, the address information is also received by the reconfiguration memory device. The reconfiguration memory device is adapted to send an output signal that results in the address in the spare memory address array being addressed, if the received address information corresponds to a stored faulty address. The output signal includes a spare control signal that directs components to look to the output of the spare memory.