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Semiconductor integrated circuit with full-speed data transition scheme for DDR SDRAM at internally doubled clock testing application

US7634698B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 21, 2008
Grant dateDec 15, 2009
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Expiry dateJul 21, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C2207/107
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides a circuit and a method for the full speed testing of semiconductor memory chips. The invention provides a full-speed data transition scheme for double data rate (DDR) synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM). For high speed or double speed stress testing of DDR SDRAM, the internal clock is double the speed of the external clock. During high speed test, this causes the data to be written or presented to the data path two times. This invention provides a circuit and method for creating a full-speed data transition scheme to overcome this double speed testing problem.

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