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Priority encoded spare element decoder

US4639897A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 31, 1983
Grant dateJan 27, 1987
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Expiry dateAug 31, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C29/838
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A fault tolerant memory system includes redundant rows which may be permanently substituted for defective rows according to priority. The system also includes means for substituting a redundant row for a defective redundant row previously connected in circuit.

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