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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
John R Rawlins, Wallkill, NY (US);
Carlos G Rivadeneira, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365229 ; 365201 ; 365200 ; 365185 ;
Abstract
A power down circuit for a default detection circuit, for detecting defects in memory array cells, comprising means for diverting the memory array standby current around the memory array cells to achieve the maximum ratio of change in input voltage as compared to the change in cell standby current and to provide improved tracking of the memory array over statistical variations of temperature, power supplies, process and other variables.