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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2023
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/12 (2006.01); G11C 29/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/46 (2013.01); G11C 29/1201 (2013.01);
Abstract
A memory device includes a test mode detector circuit that determines whether the memory device has entered a test mode based on at least one test mode entry signal received through at least one pin of a plurality of pins and generates a test mode detection signal, and a test pad connection circuit that electrically couples a first pin of the plurality of pins to a dedicated test pad of the test mode such that a signal applied to the first pin is transmitted to the dedicated test pad based on the test mode detection signal.