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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:
Oct. 24, 1995
Filed:
Nov. 15, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bruce A Sardeson, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Stephen J Sicola, Monument, CO (US);
Assignee:
Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ; G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365201 ; 371 211 ;
Abstract
A method of testing a memory containing data being used by a processor uses a dedicated diagnostic test page (DTP) and diagnostic status page (DSP) in the memory under test to carry out the testing. The DTP is address-tested and pattern-tested first. Then, each page of the memory is in turn copied to the DTP, tested, and then restored from the DTP. During the test, the address of the page being tested is stored in the DSP along with a valid flag and an error detection code (EDC). A recovery procedure uses the information on the DSP to restore memory pages if the test is interrupted.