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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2008
Gary B. Bronner, Los Altos, CA (US);
Ming LI, Fremont, CA (US);
Donald R. Mullen, Mountain View, CA (US);
Frederick Ware, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Kevin S. Donnelly, Los Altos, CA (US);
Gary B. Bronner, Los Altos, CA (US);
Ming Li, Fremont, CA (US);
Donald R. Mullen, Mountain View, CA (US);
Frederick Ware, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Kevin S. Donnelly, Los Altos, CA (US);
Rambus Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of repairing a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device to eliminate defects includes monitoring a memory endurance indicator for a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device contained in a semiconductor package. It is determined whether that the memory endurance indicator exceeds a predefined limit. Finally, in response to determining that the memory endurance indicator exceeds the predefined limit, the device is annealed.