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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2002

Filed:

Jan. 14, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:

Nobuhiro Tomari, Miyazaki, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/128 ; G11C 2/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/128 ; G11C 2/900 ;
Abstract

A semiconductor integrated-circuit device includes both conventional internal circuitry, and a selection circuit that provides external output of signals from the internal circuitry under control of a selection signal. In a parallel test system, the output terminals of a plurality of devices under test are connected to a single set of tester input terminals, at which response signals are received from each device in turn. Alternatively, each device has an internal test circuit that carries out tests in response to test control codes received from a tester, evaluates the response signals from the internal circuitry, makes a pass/fail decision, and provides the tester with the pass/fail result.


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