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Reconfigurable memory using both address permutation and spare memory elements

US4584682A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 2, 1983
Grant dateApr 22, 1986
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Expiry dateSep 2, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C29/88
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An array substitution scheme is used to substitute a spare chip for a faulty chip when a UE condition results from an alignment of two errors in bit positions accessed through the same decoder while the bit permutation apparatus is used to misalign fault bits when they occur in bit positions accessed through different decoders.

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