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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 12, 2022
Applicant:

Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);

Inventors:

Kari Crane, Meridian, ID (US);

Kevin G. Werhane, Kuna, ID (US);

Yoshinori Fujiwara, Boise, ID (US);

Jason M. Johnson, Nampa, ID (US);

Takuya Tamano, Boise, ID (US);

Daniel S. Miller, Boise, ID (US);

Assignee:

Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/24 (2006.01); G11C 7/10 (2006.01); G11C 17/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/24 (2013.01); G11C 7/1039 (2013.01); G11C 7/1063 (2013.01); G11C 17/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus includes a TM control circuit that is configured to receive address information corresponding to a TM function and compare the address information with an authorized TM list stored in a memory of the apparatus to determine if there is a match. If there is a match, a latch load signal pulse is output. A TM latch circuit programs one or more latches based on the address information and based on the latch load signal pulse. The TM latch circuit decodes information in the one or more latches and, based on the decoded information, outputs a test mode signal to turn on test mode operations in circuits associated with the TM function. The apparatus includes a plurality of TM functions for testing various features of the apparatus and the authorized TM list identifies which of the plurality of TM functions has been authorized for customer use.


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