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Semiconductor integrated circuit device and method for manufacturing the same

US6175529A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 8, 1999
Grant dateJan 16, 2001
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Expiry dateMar 8, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C29/40
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

For enabling the self-test of a memory with a small number of input and output pins, and the burn-in tests of a memory and a logic to be carried out simultaneously in a memory/logic circuit mixed system LSI, a test data, an address and a memory control signal required for the test of the memory are generated using the divided-frequency output signal of an address generator, i.e., frequency-divider of an external clock, and a mixer circuit for periodically inverting a pass/fail signal as the test result is provided. This enables the test of the memory with a total of 2 pins of input and output in all. Thus, it becomes possible to test the memory and the logic circuit simultaneously at the time of burn-in test thereof.

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