Patent · US Expired

Built-in self test for system in package

US7394272B2 · kind B2 · utility

1Cited by
5References
12Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJan 11, 2006
Grant dateJul 1, 2008
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 17, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C2029/3602
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A SIP (system in package) with a chip and a memory mode, capable of performing integration test on the memory module even if the memory module does not include any scan chain is provided. The chip has a built-in self-test (BIST) circuit, which generates test pattern signals to test the memory module in response to a mode signal. Under a test mode, after the memory module receives the test pattern signals, the memory module outputs responsive readout signals to the BIST circuit and the BIST circuit determines and outputs a test result and a test record in response to the readout signals. If the test fails, conditions of the faulty memory module are recognized from the test record.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.