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On-chip test circuit for evaluating an on-chip signal using an external test signal

US6163862A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 1, 1997
Grant dateDec 19, 2000
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Expiry dateDec 1, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C2029/5004
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An on-chip test circuit for evaluating on-chip signals for a semiconductor memory chip includes an on-chip signal associated with a memory circuit on the chip; said on-chip signal having a signal characteristic to be evaluated; an input circuit for receiving an off-chip test signal; and a test circuit that compares said on-chip signal and said test signal.

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