An apparatus and method is provided for correcting data words resulting from a package fail within a memory array in which coded data is divided into a plurality of multi-bit packages of b bits each. The coded data comprises n-bit words with r error correcting code bits and n-r data bits. The invention...http://www.google.com/patents/US6675341?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6675341 - Extended error correction for SEC-DED codes with package error detection ability
