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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2022
Filed:
May. 10, 2021
Nxp B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Jan-Peter Schat, Hamburg, DE;
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The disclosure relates to a method and system for memory testing to detect memory errors during operation of a memory module. Example embodiments include a method of detecting an error in a memory module (), the method comprising the sequential steps of: i) receiving () a request from a processor executing an application for a read or write operation at a location of the memory module () identified by an address; ii) outputting data () from, or writing to, the location of the memory module (); iii) generating () by an error detection module () a further read request for the location of the memory module () identified by the address; iv) receiving () at the error detection module () an error correction code from the memory module () for the location identified by the address; and vi) providing () by the error detection module () an alert output for the address if the error correction code indicates an error.