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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2000
Hideo Kumashiro, Fukuyama, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A device having a periodic wiring structure and a test device therefore which can be fabricated at low cost and is capable of instantaneously determining whether the periodic wiring structure has been fabricated in a physically and electrically correct manner and whether particle obstacles are present. The bit lines of the device to be tested are simultaneously connected to a current source by a column decoder and a bit line connection circuit to generate magnetic force lines in a periodic distribution pattern from the currents flowing in all the bit lines. The generated magnetic force lines are sampled and detected by a one-dimensional Hall element array moved by an actuator. A spatial frequency spectrum of the periodic distribution pattern of the magnetic force lines detected by the one-dimensional Hall element array is by obtained and is collated with a spatial frequency spectrum of a reference distribution pattern.