Patent ID: 7715255

Claim:
A method of manufacturing non-volatile storage, comprising: packaging a plurality of non-volatile memory chips and a controller in a memory package, said memory package including a common chip enable line coupled to said controller and each of said non-volatile memory chips, said plurality of non-volatile memory chips are enabled in response to a chip enable signal provided on said common chip enable line, each non-volatile memory chip includes a chip enable pin, a selection circuit, and one or more programmable circuits coupled between said chip enable pin and said selection circuit, said chip enable signal is received on said chip enable pin; determining whether said non-volatile memory chips of said plurality are defective after said packaging; and isolating a particular memory chip of said plurality from being enabled in response to said chip enable signal if said particular memory chip is determined to be defective during said determining, said isolating said particular memory chip includes programming said one or more programmable circuits to override said chip enable signal.