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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2014
Applicant:
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Perry H. Pelley, Austin, TX (US);
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); G11C 29/44 (2006.01); G06F 11/20 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1048 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for error correction of a memory by using a first memory (), second memory (), and redundant memory () to perform error correction code (ECC) processing on data retrieved from the first memory () by using the redundant memory () to replace entries in the second memory () having repeat addresses, thereby freeing entries in the second memory () for use in detecting and managing errors identified by the ECC processing.