Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Semiconductor memory device and control method thereof
- Patent Title (中): 半导体存储器件及其控制方法
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Application No.: US12620285Application Date: 2009-11-17
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Publication No.: US08381070B2Publication Date: 2013-02-19
- Inventor: Tetsuya Arai
- Applicant: Tetsuya Arai
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Elpida Memory, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Elpida Memory, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Young & Thompson
- Priority: JP2008-293271 20081117
- Main IPC: G11C29/00
- IPC: G11C29/00

Abstract:
To provide a memory array for information bit that stores information bits, a memory array for check bit that stores check bits, a correction circuit that, in response to a write request, reads the information bit and the check bit corresponding to a write address from the respective memory arrays and corrects an error included in the information bit, and a mixer temporarily holding information bit corrected by the correction circuit. The mixer overwrites only a part of bytes of the held information bits with write data according to a byte mask signal. Accordingly, a capacity required for the memory array for check bit can be reduced while the byte mask function is maintained.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100125774A1 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2010-05-20
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