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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
ExronTechnology, Inc., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 ;
Abstract
A memory device with burn-in capability is achieved. The device comprises, first, an array of memory cells, and, second, a burn-in test block. The burn-in test block comprises a memory address generator, a data pattern generator, and a command pattern generator. The burn-in test block is capable of writing data to the memory cells, of turning ON word lines in the array, and of holding the array in a static mode. A method to perform wafer level burn-in with this device is disclosed.