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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2024
Winbond Electronics Corp., Taichung, TW;
Chien-Min Wu, Taichung City, TW;
Shao-Ching Liao, Taichung City, TW;
Kuang-Chih Hsieh, Taichung City, TW;
Winbound Electronics Corp., Taichung City, TW;
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for memory testing are provided. The method includes following steps: after multiple dies are idle for a first time, performing a first stage test on the dies, and setting multiple flags corresponding to the dies that fail the first stage test to a first logic level; after the dies are idle for a second time, performing a second stage test on the dies, and regarding the dies that pass the second stage test and have the corresponding flags set to the first logic level as suspected good dies and keeping the suspected good dies idle; and after the suspected good dies are idle for a third time, performing a third stage test on the suspected good dies.