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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2007
Applicants:
Anurag Mittal, San Jose, CA (US);
Jungtae Kwon, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Anurag Mittal, San Jose, CA (US);
Jungtae Kwon, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
ARM Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/00 (2006.01); G11C 17/18 (2006.01); G11C 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A memory arrayhas an address decoderresponsive to a repair signal to operate either in a normal mode or a repair mode. In the normal mode a data bit is stored within a single memory cell. In the repair mode a data bit is stored within multiple memory cellsof a common column of memory cells sharing bit lines. This provides increased defect resistance when operating in the repair mode at the cost of reduced memory capacity.