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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2011
Applicant:
Kenichi Fujisaki, Saitama, JP;
Inventor:
Kenichi Fujisaki, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Advantest Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A test apparatus that tests a memory under test, comprising an address fail memory that stores address fail data for each address; a block fail memory that stores block fail data for each block; a reading section that reads the address fail data from the address fail memory for each block; a row fail counter that, for each row address in a group including a plurality of the blocks in the memory under test, counts the fail cells indicated by the address fail data; and a column fail counter that counts the fails cells for each column address.