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Assignee: Fairchild Semiconductor Corp
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Filing: 1964-12-24
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Granted: 1967-07-11
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Expires: 1984-12-24
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Jr Harley A Perkins

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 14:09
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11C; G11C29/00; G11C29/70; G11C29/76

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 340 words
IN A MEMORY SYSTEM, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING: (A) A STORGE ARRAY MEANS FOR STORING INFORMATION IN DISCRETE POSITIONS, EACH WORD OF SAID ARRAY MEANS ORGANIZED INTO A DATA STORAGE SECTION, A SPARE STORAGE SECTION, AND AN ADDRESS STORAGE SECTION, SAID DATA STORAGE SECTION CONPRISING A PLURALITY OF DISCRETE POSITIONS FOR THE REGULAR STORAGE OF DATA, SAID SPARE STORAGE SECTION FOR THE STORAGE OF DATA WHEN SAID DATA STORAGE SECTION HAS A DEFECTIVE POSITION, SAID ADDRESS SECTION FOR THE STORAGE FO THE ADDRESS FO ANY DEFECTIVE PORTION, (B) A SENSE MEANS FOR SENSING AN ADDRESS STORED IN SAID ADDRESS SECTION AND FOR SUPPLYING AN OUTPUT REPRESENTATIVE OF SAID ADDRESS, DAID SENSING MEANS OPERATIVELY COUPLED TO SAID ADDRESS SECTION, (C) INPUT TERMINALS FOR RECEIVING INPUT DATA, (D) REGISTER MEANS FOR TEMPORARILY STORING ADDRESSES AND INPUT DATA FROM SAID INPUT TERMINALS, SAID REGISTER MEANS OPERATIVELY COUPLED TO SAID SENSE MAENS AND SAID INPUT TERMINALS, (E) INFORMATION DRIVER MEANS FOR WRITING DATA SUPPLIED TO SAID INPUT TERMINALS INTO SAID DATA STORAGE SECTION AND SAID SPARE STORGE SECTION, AND INFORMATION DRIVEN MEANS HAVING SEPARATE MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID SPARE STORAGE SECTION AND SAID DATA STORAGE SECTION, (F) WRITE GATE MEANS FOR NORMALLY COUPLING SAID REGISTER MEANS TO SAID SEPARATE MEANS OF THE INFORMATION DRIVER MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID DATA STORAGE SECTION, AND FOR SHIFTING SAID COUPLING TO COUPLE SAID SEPARATE MEANS OF THE INFORMATION DRIVER MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID SPARE STORAGE SECTION TO SAID REGISTER MEANS WHEN SAID DATA STORAGE SECTION HAS A DEFECTIVE POSITION, SAID WRITE GATE MEANS COUPLED TO SAID WRITE AMPLIFIER MEANS AND SAID REGISTER MEANS, AND (G) A DECODER MEANS COUPLED TO SAID REGISTER MEANS FOR DECODING ANY ADDRESS TEMPORARITY STORED IN SAID REGISTER MEANS AND FOR ENABLING SAID WRITE GATE MEANS TO COUPLE SAID REGISTER MEANS TO SAID SEPARATE MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID SPARE STORAGE SECTION WHEN SAID ADDRESS INDICATES A DEFECTIVE POSITION EXISTS IN SAID DATA STORAGE SECTION AND A WRITE OPERATION IN COMMENCED, WHEREBY THE STORAGE OF DATA IN DEFECTIVE PORTIONS OF SAID MAGNETIC ARRAY MEANS IS AVOIDED.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 340 words
IN A MEMORY SYSTEM, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING: (A) A STORGE ARRAY MEANS FOR STORING INFORMATION IN DISCRETE POSITIONS, EACH WORD OF SAID ARRAY MEANS ORGANIZED INTO A DATA STORAGE SECTION, A SPARE STORAGE SECTION, AND AN ADDRESS STORAGE SECTION, SAID DATA STORAGE SECTION CONPRISING A PLURALITY OF DISCRETE POSITIONS FOR THE REGULAR STORAGE OF DATA, SAID SPARE STORAGE SECTION FOR THE STORAGE OF DATA WHEN SAID DATA STORAGE SECTION HAS A DEFECTIVE POSITION, SAID ADDRESS SECTION FOR THE STORAGE FO THE ADDRESS FO ANY DEFECTIVE PORTION, (B) A SENSE MEANS FOR SENSING AN ADDRESS STORED IN SAID ADDRESS SECTION AND FOR SUPPLYING AN OUTPUT REPRESENTATIVE OF SAID ADDRESS, DAID SENSING MEANS OPERATIVELY COUPLED TO SAID ADDRESS SECTION, (C) INPUT TERMINALS FOR RECEIVING INPUT DATA, (D) REGISTER MEANS FOR TEMPORARILY STORING ADDRESSES AND INPUT DATA FROM SAID INPUT TERMINALS, SAID REGISTER MEANS OPERATIVELY COUPLED TO SAID SENSE MAENS AND SAID INPUT TERMINALS, (E) INFORMATION DRIVER MEANS FOR WRITING DATA SUPPLIED TO SAID INPUT TERMINALS INTO SAID DATA STORAGE SECTION AND SAID SPARE STORGE SECTION, AND INFORMATION DRIVEN MEANS HAVING SEPARATE MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID SPARE STORAGE SECTION AND SAID DATA STORAGE SECTION, (F) WRITE GATE MEANS FOR NORMALLY COUPLING SAID REGISTER MEANS TO SAID SEPARATE MEANS OF THE INFORMATION DRIVER MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID DATA STORAGE SECTION, AND FOR SHIFTING SAID COUPLING TO COUPLE SAID SEPARATE MEANS OF THE INFORMATION DRIVER MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID SPARE STORAGE SECTION TO SAID REGISTER MEANS WHEN SAID DATA STORAGE SECTION HAS A DEFECTIVE POSITION, SAID WRITE GATE MEANS COUPLED TO SAID WRITE AMPLIFIER MEANS AND SAID REGISTER MEANS, AND (G) A DECODER MEANS COUPLED TO SAID REGISTER MEANS FOR DECODING ANY ADDRESS TEMPORARITY STORED IN SAID REGISTER MEANS AND FOR ENABLING SAID WRITE GATE MEANS TO COUPLE SAID REGISTER MEANS TO SAID SEPARATE MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID SPARE STORAGE SECTION WHEN SAID ADDRESS INDICATES A DEFECTIVE POSITION EXISTS IN SAID DATA STORAGE SECTION AND A WRITE OPERATION IN COMMENCED, WHEREBY THE STORAGE OF DATA IN DEFECTIVE PORTIONS OF SAID MAGNETIC ARRAY MEANS IS AVOIDED.

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