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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2005
Filed:
May. 30, 2003
Kenneth Kay Smith, Boise, ID (US);
Andrew Vanbrocklin, Corvallis, OR (US);
Peter Fricke, Corvallis, OR (US);
Frederick A. Perner, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Kenneth James Eldredge, Boise, ID (US);
Kenneth Kay Smith, Boise, ID (US);
Andrew VanBrocklin, Corvallis, OR (US);
Peter Fricke, Corvallis, OR (US);
Frederick A. Perner, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Kenneth James Eldredge, Boise, ID (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a memory device. In one embodiment, the memory device comprises an array of memory cells configured to provide resistive states, a read circuit configured to sense the resistive states and a resistor. The resistor is configured to provide a resistance to the read circuit that is configured to select the resistor and sense the resistance to test the read circuit.