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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:
Apr. 27, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 ;
Abstract
A method for on-chip testing of memory cells of a cell array of an integrated memory circuit includes writing different data patterns to memory cells and reading the different data patterns from the memory cells in order to test the memory cells. A basic data pattern is stored in a data word register and read out by applying a data control signal provided by a controller. In addition to the basic data pattern, at least one further data pattern, which differs from the basic data pattern and is stored in a data word register section, is accessed in a targeted manner through the use of the data control signal. As a result the test proceeds rapidly and yields extensive test information.