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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2003
Applicant:
Richard Ferrant, Saint Ismier, FR;
Inventor:
Richard Ferrant, Saint Ismier, FR;
Assignee:
SGS-Thomson Microelectronics S.A., Saint Genis, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C029/00 ; G11C007/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to an integrated circuit including at least one matrix network of identical elements capable of being individually addressed at least in a first direction and including, at least for this first direction, at least one redundancy element, and a circuit that reversibly inhibits the operation of a defective element and maintains the circuit operation by using the redundancy element. The integrated circuit also may include a circuit that definitely inhibits the operation of a defective element and maintains the circuit operation by using the redundancy element.