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US6967896B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 30, 2003
Grant dateNov 22, 2005
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Expiry dateApr 25, 2024

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C16/26
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for operating a memory cell array, the method comprising assigning word lines of a memory cell array as addresses for writing sets of data thereto from a cache memory, and scrambling addresses of the sets of data by writing a first chunk of the particular set of data from the cache memory to a first word line of the array, and writing a second chunk of the particular set of data from the cache memory to a second word line of the array, the first chunk comprising a first subset of the particular set of data and the second chunk comprising a second subset of the particular set of data.

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