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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2014
Applicant:
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
George P. Hoekstra, Austin, TX (US);
Ravindraraj Ramaraju, Round Rock, TX (US);
Assignee:
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/10 (2013.01); G06F 11/1048 (2013.01);
Abstract
A memory system includes a memory and a content addressable memory (CAM). The memory includes a plurality of address locations, wherein each address location configured to store data and one or more error correction bits corresponding to the data. The CAM includes a plurality of entries, wherein each entry configured to store an address value of an address location of the memory and one or more extended error correction bits corresponding to the data stored at the address location of the memory.