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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2009
Applicant:
Sang Won Hwang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventor:
Sang Won Hwang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 11/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A nonvolatile memory array includes first and second blocks of three-state memory cells therein. These first and second blocks are configured to operate individually as first and second blocks of physical memory cells, respectively, and collectively as an additional block of virtual memory cells. The first and second blocks of memory cells and the additional block of virtual memory cells may be read independently to provide a total of three blocks of read data.