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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. 20, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 08, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365201 ; 36523006 ;
Abstract
An integrated circuit memory device and method including a direct mode assigns internal data and address signals to separate pins. In particular, a plurality of first pins is assigned to the plurality of internal data signals that provide the data to the memory array in direct test mode. A plurality of second pins is assigned to the plurality of internal address signals that provide the address to the memory array in direct test mode, wherein none of the pins included in first plurality of pins are included in the second plurality of pins.