发明名称 |
Asymmetric soft-error resistant memory |
摘要 |
A memory system is provided, of the type which includes an error-correcting circuit that detects and corrects errors, which more efficiently utilizes the capacity of a memory formed of groups of binary cells whose states can be inadvertently switched by ionizing radiation. Each memory cell has an asymmetric geometry, so that ionizing radiation causes a significantly greater probability of errors in one state than in the opposite state (e.g., an erroneous switch from "1" to "0" is far more likely than a switch from "0" to "1"). An asymmetric error-correcting coding circuit can be used with the asymmetric memory cells, which requires fewer bits than an efficient symmetric error-correcting code.
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申请公布号 |
US5048023(A) |
申请公布日期 |
1991.09.10 |
申请号 |
US19890311024 |
申请日期 |
1989.02.16 |
申请人 |
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION |
发明人 |
BUEHLER, MARTIN G.;PERLMAN, MARVIN |
分类号 |
G06F11/00;G06F11/10;G11C5/00;H01L27/11 |
主分类号 |
G06F11/00 |
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