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ONE-TIME PROGRAMMING IN REPROGRAMMABLE MEMORY

  • US 20150261458A1
  • Filed: 03/14/2014
  • Published: 09/17/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A storage device comprising:

  • a plurality of electrically erasable memory elements configured to store data, wherein each memory element is programmable a number of write cycles before reaching a write failure state; and

    a controller coupled to the plurality of memory elements, wherein the controller comprises;

    a receiver configured to receive an instruction to drive a selected memory element to the write failure state; and

    a write engine to repeatedly write a data value, in a plurality of write operations, to the selected memory element until the write failure state of the selected memory element is established.

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