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Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 1994

Filed:

Nov. 12, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:

Itsuro Iwakiri, Miyazaki, JP;

Shinichiro Sato, Miyazaki, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365222 ; 365201 ;
Abstract

A self-refreshing memory has a refresh timer that generates refresh requests at a certain rate, and a refresh address counter that generates refresh addresses by counting the refresh requests. A refresh test circuit receives test signals from automatic test equipment that cause it to disable the refresh timer, reset the refresh address counter, then enable the refresh timer for a certain interval. At the end of this interval the refresh test circuit disables the refresh timer again and generates an output signal such as a serial data signal indicating the current refresh address, or a pass-fail signal indicating whether the refresh address is equal to or greater than a preset pass value.


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Iwakiri, Itsuro. (1994). Self-refreshing memory with on-chip timer test circuit (U.S. Patent No. 5321661). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5321661

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