US 11,748,202 B2
Non-volatile memory compression for memory repair
Devanathan Varadarajan, Allen, TX (US); Ramakrishnan Venkatasubramanian, Saratoga, CA (US); and Varun Singh, McKinney, TX (US)
Assigned to Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed by TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed on Sep. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/901,337.
Application 17/901,337 is a continuation of application No. 17/125,244, filed on Dec. 17, 2020, granted, now 11,436,090.
Prior Publication US 2022/0413966 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 11/14 (2006.01); H03M 7/30 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 11/1448 (2013.01) [H03M 7/30 (2013.01); G06F 2201/82 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving a repair code associated with a memory instance;
identifying a usable bit string in the repair code;
assigning compression control data to the repair code based on a length of the usable bit string; and
generating compressed repair data that includes the usable bit string and the compression control data.