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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:
Nov. 16, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Phillip E. Byrd, Boise, ID (US);
Paul R. Sharratt, Meridian, ID (US);
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/10 ;
Abstract
The invention provides an apparatus for temporarily isolating a die from other dice on a wafer commonly connected to one or more common conductors. The conductors are connected to each die through a temporary isolation device, such as a diode. The common conductor supplies a signal to all dice during one set of test procedures, while the temporary isolation device can be used to isolate a die from the common conductor during another set of test procedures.