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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2004
Filed:
May. 01, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Terrel R. Munden, Boise, ID (US);
Sarah M. Brandenberger, Boise, ID (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/100 ; G11C 1/114 ; G11C 7/00 ; G11C 2/900 ; G11C 7/02 ; G11C 8/00 ; G11C 8/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/100 ; G11C 1/114 ; G11C 7/00 ; G11C 2/900 ; G11C 7/02 ; G11C 8/00 ; G11C 8/02 ;
Abstract
Exemplar embodiments are disclosed which allow errors in a magnetoresistive solid-state storage device, such as a magnetic random access memory (MRAM) device, to be minimized. An illustrative method includes the steps of identifying cells in the device which have a failure mode characterized by a propensity to remain in a particular orientation of magnetization, mapping the location of the identified cells, and compensating for the failure mode of a cell at a mapped location. Systems and computer readable media are also provided.