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Circuit and method for decreasing the cell margin during a test mode

US5544108A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 3, 1995
Grant dateAug 6, 1996
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Expiry dateAug 3, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C11/401
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention is a monolithic memory device having a circuit and a method for decreasing the cell margin during a test mode. Decreasing the cell margin stresses the memory device during the test mode greater than a stress experienced during normal operation, thus test time can be decreased.

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