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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
May. 13, 2016
Applicant:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Inventor:
Susumu Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 17/02 (2006.01); G11C 17/16 (2006.01); G11C 29/00 (2006.01); G11C 5/14 (2006.01); G11C 8/04 (2006.01); G11C 8/12 (2006.01); G11C 29/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 17/16 (2013.01); G11C 5/14 (2013.01); G11C 8/04 (2013.01); G11C 8/12 (2013.01); G11C 29/785 (2013.01); G11C 2029/4402 (2013.01);
Abstract
A semiconductor device comprises a bit determination circuit to count the number of bits at a first level in an input address signal formed of a plurality of bits and to output a result indicating whether or not a value of the count exceeds a predetermined determination threshold value, as a bit determination result signal, and a selection control circuit to select a non-volatile program element to be cut off, based on the bit determination result signal and the address signal. Additional apparatus and methods are described.