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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:
Jun. 17, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 03, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark J Balmer, Tigard, OR (US);
Mark R Waggoner, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3951 / ; 39518306 ; 371 225 ; 371 226 ; 365201 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing programmable self-testing in a memory. Registers in the memory are programmed with a sequence of instructions for performing the self-test of the memory. The sequence of instructions is run to perform the self-test of the memory, and the results are checked. The memory includes a clock multiplier which allows the registers to be programmed at a first clock rate, then the memory is tested at a second clock rate which is faster than the first clock rate.