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On chip error correction for devices in a solid state drive

US6438706B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 23, 2001
Grant dateAug 20, 2002
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Expiry dateAug 23, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C29/82
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An error correction arrangement for a flash EEPROM array including a plurality of redundant array circuits, apparatus for sensing when a hardware error has occurred in a block of the flash EEPROM array, and a circuit for replacing an array circuit with a redundant array circuit in response to detection of a hardware error.

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