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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Marco Olivo, Bergamo, IT;
Marco Maccarrone, Palestro, IT;
Assignee:
SGS-Thomson Microelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365201 ; 371 211 ;
Abstract
A method for testing an electrically programmable non-volatile memory including a cell matrix and an internal state machine which governs the succession and timing of the memory programming phases includes excluding the internal state machine, modifying at least one of the control signals to program the cell matrix, and verifying programming correctness.