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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2004
Applicants:
Kaname Yamasaki, Kodaira, JP;
Yoshio Takamine, Kokubunji, JP;
Inventors:
Kaname Yamasaki, Kodaira, JP;
Yoshio Takamine, Kokubunji, JP;
Assignee:
Renesas Technology, Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/00 (2006.01); G11C 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Test functions are expanded by adopting a self test part, and circuit scale is reduced by adding the self test part. A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a memory that includes plural memory banks and is accessed by specifying a bank address, an X address, and a Y address, and a self-test part that tests the memory in response to commands. The self-test part has an address counter covering plural addressing modes that are different in the updating of X addresses, Y addresses, and bank addresses. A variety of addressing modes provided expand BIST-based test functions.