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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:
Oct. 23, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2002
Applicants:
Frank Mayer, Uttenreuth, DE;
Kamal Merchant, Erlangen, DE;
Inventors:
Frank Mayer, Uttenreuth, DE;
Kamal Merchant, Erlangen, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a method and device for operating and/or testing memory units, which make it possible to conduct a time-saving test of semiconductor memories during running operation. The inventive method for testing memory units having storage locations provides that, for the storage locations, a first item of test information is formed according to a variable parameter assigned to the respective storage location and according to the contents of the respective storage location.