Patent ID: 11934281
Assignee: YANGTZE MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 16:
17. A method for operating a memory device comprising an array of memory cells, the array of memory cells comprising P groups of banks, where P is a positive integer, the method comprising:
determining P×N working banks from the P groups of banks based on bank fail information indicative of K failed main banks from the P groups of banks, wherein each group of banks comprising N main banks and a redundant bank such that P redundant banks in the P groups of banks, respectively, are included in and shared by the P groups of banks, wherein P>1 and N is a positive integer, wherein the P×N working banks comprises K redundant banks of the P redundant banks, and wherein K is a positive integer not greater than P; and
directing P×N pieces of data to or from the P×N working banks, respectively.