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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:
Apr. 01, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
George M. Braceras, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Patrick R. Hansen, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 ;
Abstract
An integrated circuit memory structure includes a main array of memory elements having wordlines and bitlines and a redundant array of redundant memory elements external to and connected to the main array. Each of the redundant memory elements can replace either one of the wordlines or one of the bitlines.