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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kazuaki Satoh, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/128 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/128 ;
Abstract
In an N-bit address trap comparator, an N-bit address trap register stores an N-bit reference address, a bit-by-bit comparator compares an N-bit address with the N-bit reference address bit-by-bit, and an all-bit comparator detects whether or not all outputs of the bit-by-bit comparator have the same value. In a test mode the N-bit reference address is reset so that a first bit of the N-bit reference address is caused to be a first binary value and other bits are caused to be a second binary value. Also, the second binary value is set in all bits of the N-bit address, and then, the N-bit reference address is shifted within the N-bit address trap register.