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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2013
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Young-Soo Sohn, Seoul, KR;
Chul-Woo Park, Yongin-si, KR;
Jong-Pil Son, Seongnam-si, KR;
Jung-bae Lee, Seongnam-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Abstract
An error correction apparatus includes an error correction circuit configured to selectively perform error correction on a portion of data that is at least one of written to and read from a plurality of memory cells of a memory device. The portion of data is at least one of written to and read from a subset of the plurality of memory cells, and the subset includes only fail cells among the plurality of memory cells. The error correction apparatus further includes a fail address storage circuit configured to store address information for the fail cells.