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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2007
Mark Curtis Hayes Lamorey, South Burlington, VT (US);
Yu LU, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Janusz Jozef Nowak, Highland Mills, NY (US);
Mark Curtis Hayes Lamorey, South Burlington, VT (US);
Yu Lu, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Janusz Jozef Nowak, Highland Mills, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for repairing one or more shorted memory cells in a memory circuit includes control circuitry. The control circuitry is operative in one of at least a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode, the control circuitry is operative to apply a first signal to a selected memory cell in the memory circuit for reading a logic state of the selected memory cell and to determine whether or not the selected memory cell is shorted. In the second mode, the control circuitry is operative to apply a second signal to a selected memory cell which has been determined to be shorted for initiating a repair of the selected memory cell, the second signal being greater in magnitude than the first signal.
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