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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:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ilyoung Kim, Middlesex, NJ (US);
Yervant Zorian, Somerset, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/100 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus are described for detecting an optimized set of predetermined faults in a memory device which ensure an acceptable quality level. The method and apparatus comprise a BIST March algorithm optimized to accelerate the testing time by reducing the number of read/write operations necessary to detect a set of predetermined faults.