Error correction means for random access memories

Abstract From the Canadian patent

An error correction system is provided for a random access memory system of the magnetic core or plated wire type and, which serves to render the memory system immune to the effects of nuclear radiation, and the like. The system of the invention includes circumvent circuitry which serves to limit all currents in the memory access network to safe values during a radiation event so as to prevent burn-out of the memory and of its associated components. The system of the invention also serves to correct single word errors which can occur to words being written or read during the radiation pulse. The single word error correction is achieved in a first embodiment of the invention by partitioning …