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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2013
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Bruce Querbach, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Theodore Z. Schoenborn, Portland, OR (US);
David J. Zimmerman, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
David G. Ellis, Tualatin, OR (US);
Christopher W. Hampson, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Ifar Wan, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Yulan Zhang, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Ramakrishna Mallela, Hillsboro, OR (US);
William K. Lui, Portland, OR (US);
INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
In accordance with the present description, a device includes an internal defect detection and repair circuit which includes a self-test logic circuit built in within the device and a self-repair logic circuit also built in within the device. In one embodiment, the built in self-test logic circuit may be configured to automatically identify defective memory cells in a memory. Upon identifying one or more defective memory cells, the built in self-repair logic circuit may be configured to automatically repair the defective memory cells by replacing defective cells with spare cells within the memory.