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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2015
Applicant:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Inventors:
Violante Moschiano, Avezzano, IT;
Giovanni Santin, Rieti, IT;
Maria-Luisa Gallese, Avezzano, IT;
Luigi Pilolli, L'Aquila, IT;
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/00 (2006.01); G11C 7/00 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/846 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01); G11C 29/76 (2013.01); G11C 29/82 (2013.01); G11C 2229/723 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods for providing redundancy in a memory include mapping a portion of first data associated with an address of the memory determined to indicate a defective memory cell to an address of a redundant area of the memory array, and writing second data to the memory array, wherein a portion of the second data is written to a column of the memory array associated with the address of the memory determined to indicate a defective memory cell for the first data.