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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2001
Thomas Kern, München, DE;
Jürgen Peter, Taufkirchen, DE;
Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A programmable read-only memory and a method for operating the read-only memory are described. The memory contains at least one memory cell field with a plurality of memory cells, in addition to a plurality of memory segments formed of memory cells in which data and/or program parts can be stored. The memory further contains at least one redundant memory segment formed of memory cells and is assigned to one of the memory segments. The memory segment and the redundant memory segments assigned to the memory segment together form a memory block, in which all the memory segments have the same data content. At least one selection circuit for controlling the transfer of data and/or program parts to or from the memory segments of a memory block is assigned to each memory block.