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Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019

Filed:

Jul. 05, 2017
Applicant:

Winbond Electronics Corp., Taichung, TW;

Inventor:

Johnny Chan, Taichung, TW;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/42 (2006.01); G11C 29/52 (2006.01); G11C 29/10 (2006.01); G11C 29/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/42 (2013.01); G11C 29/10 (2013.01); G11C 29/44 (2013.01); G11C 29/52 (2013.01);
Abstract

A memory testing method for testing a memory apparatus configured with an auxiliary testing circuit is provided. The memory testing method includes: reading a test data from a memory array of the memory; and encoding the test data into an encoded data by the auxiliary testing circuit, wherein the encoded data comprises a first piece data and a second piece data. The encoded data is encoded to include a first piece data and a second piece data, where the first piece data indicates a number of a binary state in the read test data, and the second piece data indicates an error bit in the read test data. In addition, a memory apparatus for the memory testing method is also provided.


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