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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:
Apr. 05, 1993
Filed:
Aug. 29, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gerald A Schwoerer, Chippewa Falls, WI (US);
Assignee:
Cray Research, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
371-22 ; 365200 ;
Abstract
Improved error detection and correction is obtained in computers of the type possessing multi-bit memory devices. The error detection involves dispersing the bits from each multi-bit memory device in such a way that a SEC-DED codeword can detect when the multi-bit memory device fails.