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Memory addressing structural test

US6721216B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 30, 2001
Grant dateApr 13, 2004
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Expiry dateOct 16, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C29/02
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus and method for testing an address decoder and word lines of a memory array comprised of connecting a signature analyzer to the word lines emanating from an address decoder, setting a clock used to trigger the latching of the states of the word lines by the signature analyzer, transmitting an address to the address decoder to be decoded, and triggering the signature analyzer to latch the state of the word lines.

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