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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 1993
Filed:
Apr. 10, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert A Kertis, Puyallup, WA (US);
Assignee:
National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ; G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
371 211 ; 365201 ; 324522 ;
Abstract
A method for detecting voltage supply short circuits in integrated circuits and a circuit for implementing that method is disclosed. Entire rows of memory cells in an SRAM are coupled to a single sense line. The sense line to each row is activated individually. The sense lines are in turn coupled to a current sensing circuit. If a short exists on any memory cell in a given row, the current sensing circuit generates a low output, indicating a short circuit.
Kertis, Robert. (1993). Short circuit detector circuit for memory arrays (U.S. Patent No. 5181205). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5181205
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