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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2012
Applicant:
Date Jan Willem Noorlag, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventor:
Date Jan Willem Noorlag, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/10 (2006.01); G11C 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In an embodiment, an integrated circuit includes a memory and a control circuit configured to cause an inversion of at least a portion of the data stored in the memory to more evenly balance the amount of time that a given memory cell in the memory stores a binary one or a binary zero. In some implementations, the inversion may be controlled for the memory as a whole via a global indication. In other implementations, data may be inverted on a row-by-row or column-by-column basis. In other embodiments, the global indication may be changed at each boot of a device including the integrated circuit.