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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 1998
Filed:
May. 02, 1997
Samsung Electronics, Co. Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Abstract
A semiconductor memory device and method is shown in which a built-in system test (BIST) circuit determines, based upon the test algorithm and the refresh requirements of a DRAM memory cell array, a refresh point address where the BIST circuit performs a refresh operation on the test data in the memory cell array when the test address reaches the refresh point address. Another embodiment of a semiconductor memory device and method is also shown in which a BIST circuit descrambles the test address and test data before input to a memory circuit which includes address and data scrambling circuits such that the logical test address and test data generated according to a test algorithm matches the physical address and data in the memory cell array.
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