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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2007
Christopher K. Morzano, Boise, ID (US);
Jeffrey P. Wright, Boise, ID (US);
Christopher K. Morzano, Boise, ID (US);
Jeffrey P. Wright, Boise, ID (US);
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for selecting a storage location in a memory device including receiving at least one of a pre-decoded location address signal, a match signal, and a redundant location address enable signal, enabling one of a decoder and a redundant decoder in response to the match signal, wherein the decoder is operable to generate a location select signal for selecting a first location, the decoder being responsive to the pre-decoded location address signal, and wherein the redundant decoder is operable to generate a redundant location select signal for selecting a second location, the redundant decoder being responsive to the redundant location address enable signal, and terminating one of the generation of a location select signal and the generation of a redundant location select signal in response to a precharge signal.