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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:
Aug. 26, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2003
Applicants:
Derick G. Behrends, Rochester, MN (US);
Peter T. Freiburger, Rochester, MN (US);
Ryan C. Kivimagi, Chatfield, MN (US);
Inventors:
Derick G. Behrends, Rochester, MN (US);
Peter T. Freiburger, Rochester, MN (US);
Ryan C. Kivimagi, Chatfield, MN (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In some aspects a method is provided for testing an integrated circuit (IC). The method includes the steps of selecting a bit from each of a plurality of memory arrays formed on an IC chip, selecting one of the plurality of memory arrays, and storing the selected bit from the selected memory array. Numerous other aspects are provided.