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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:
Jan. 18, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2008
Applicant:
Khaled Fekih-romdhane, Burlington, VT (US);
Inventor:
Khaled Fekih-Romdhane, Burlington, VT (US);
Assignee:
Qimonda North America Corp., Cary, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 (2006.01); G11C 8/00 (2006.01); G11C 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An integrated circuit includes an array of memory cells, a clock generator configured to generate a clock signal, and a control circuit configured to perform a retention test on the array of memory cells based on the clock signal. A period of the clock signal defines a retention period for the retention test.