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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2014
Applicant:
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
FUJITSU LIMITED, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/20 (2006.01); G11C 29/44 (2006.01); G11C 29/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/2094 (2013.01); G11C 29/24 (2013.01); G11C 29/44 (2013.01); G06F 2201/85 (2013.01);
Abstract
A memory device includes a storage unit in which a plurality of semiconductor chips each comprising a plurality of memory blocks respectively arranged in a planar direction and a plurality of redundant blocks respectively arranged in a planar direction are stacked, a detecting unit configured to detect a defect of each of the memory blocks in the storage unit; a checking unit configured to check free capacity in each of the redundant blocks in the storage unit, and a determining unit configured to determine a substitute block to be substituted for the memory block in which the defect has been detected from the redundant blocks having the free capacity.