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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2014
Applicant:
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Perry H. Pelley, Austin, TX (US);
George P. Hoekstra, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC., Austin, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G06F 11/07 (2006.01); G11C 29/00 (2006.01); G11C 15/00 (2006.01); G11C 29/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1076 (2013.01); G06F 11/073 (2013.01); G11C 29/76 (2013.01); G11C 15/00 (2013.01); G11C 29/42 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for error correction of a memory by using a first memory () and second memory () to perform error correction code (ECC) processing on data retrieved from the first memory and to use status control bits (-) in the second memory to detect and manage hard and soft errors identified by the ECC processing.