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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2013
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jason G. Sandri, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Ian S. Walker, Pennsburg, PA (US);
Monib Ahmed, Chandler, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 17/16 (2006.01); G11C 29/04 (2006.01); G11C 11/418 (2006.01); G11C 17/18 (2006.01); G11C 29/02 (2006.01); G11C 29/00 (2006.01); G11C 29/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/04 (2013.01); G11C 17/18 (2013.01); G11C 29/02 (2013.01); G11C 29/787 (2013.01); G11C 11/418 (2013.01); G11C 17/16 (2013.01); G11C 2029/4402 (2013.01);
Abstract
In accordance with some embodiments, instead of providing replacement rows, an area within a fuse array may be reserved for storing addresses of bits that are defective. Then these bits can be readily repaired by simply reading the stored state of identified defective bit, and inverting the stored state of the identified defective bit to get the correct output.