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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2008
Filed:
May. 12, 2005
Applicant:
Gregory P. Mikol, Vancouver, WA (US);
Inventor:
Gregory P. Mikol, Vancouver, WA (US);
Assignee:
Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/00 (2006.01); G11C 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A memory device has at least one sub array of memory cells having data columns and at least one spare sub array having spare columns. In one embodiment the sub array of memory cells and the sub array having spare columns are the same sub array. Individual elements in the sub arrays of memory cells can be repaired using an individual element from the spare sub array.