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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2010
Sung-chieh Lin, Zhubei, TW;
Jiann-tseng Huang, Hsinchu, TW;
Wei-li Liao, Taichung, TW;
Kuoyuan Hsu, San Jose, CA (US);
Sung-Chieh Lin, Zhubei, TW;
Jiann-Tseng Huang, Hsinchu, TW;
Wei-Li Liao, Taichung, TW;
Kuoyuan Hsu, San Jose, CA (US);
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
A method includes reading data from a subset of a plurality of memory bit cells of a non-volatile memory. The data identifies an address of at least one individual failed bit cell. The method further includes loading the data directly into a register, receiving an address of data to be accessed, determining if the received address is the address of any individual failed bit cell; and accessing the data of the register if the received address is the address of any individual failed bit cell.