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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2006
Applicants:
Marc Laurent, Nantes, FR;
Frode Milch Pedersen, Trondheim, NO;
Inventors:
Marc Laurent, Nantes, FR;
Frode Milch Pedersen, Trondheim, NO;
Assignee:
ATMEL Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/28 (2006.01); G11C 29/00 (2006.01); G11C 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system for configuring or testing memory may cycle a memory array while substantially concurrently performing other functional testing. In particular implementations, the system may configure, or cycle, a flash memory using a serial interface and test other functional units using the same serial interface substantially concurrently with cycling the flash memory. In some implementations, cycling the flash memory includes erasing and writing to the flash memory in specific patterns in order to dissipate charge that may have accumulated during a fabrication process.