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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:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2011
Applicant:
Ebrahim H Hargan, Boise, ID (US);
Inventor:
Ebrahim H Hargan, Boise, ID (US);
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Various embodiments include apparatus and methods having circuitry to test continuity of conductive paths coupled to dice arranged in a stack. In at least one of these embodiments, a method includes electrically coupling each of the conductive paths to at least one of a first supply node and a second supply node. One of the conductive paths includes conductive material inside a via that can extend at least partly through a die among the dice in the stack. The method also includes receiving signals from the conductive paths, and determining continuity of the conductive paths based on the signals without using a boundary scan.