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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
May. 27, 2008
Kuninori Kawabata, Kawasaki, JP;
Kuninori Kawabata, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited, Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
Aspects of the embodiment include providing a semiconductor memory comprising; a plurality of memory blocks that includes a plurality of regular memory cells; a plurality of first parity blocks that are disposed in accordance with the plurality of memory blocks, wherein the plurality of first parity blocks include a first parity memory cell holding a first parity code; a second parity block that includes a second parity memory cell holding a second parity code having a parity bit corresponding to the first parity code; a parity error correction unit that corrects an error of the first parity code using the second parity code; and a data error correction unit that corrects an error of the data stored in a regular memory cell using the first parity code corrected by the parity error correction unit.