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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2007
Applicants:
Bryce Cook, Nampa, ID (US);
Nick Labrum, Boise, ID (US);
Inventors:
Bryce Cook, Nampa, ID (US);
Nick Labrum, Boise, ID (US);
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/00 (2006.01); G11C 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
One or more embodiments of the present invention reduce uneven degradation during testing by providing for a toggling signal to be applied to remaining input paths which do not receive test signals. Therefore, rather than being held in a fixed state during the burn-in process, the remaining inputs are toggled as well. Consequently, they degrade at a more similar rate as their counterpart inputs that did receive test signals.