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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2011
George Maria Braceras, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Harold Pilo, Underhill, VT (US);
George E. Rudgers, Essex Junction, VT (US);
George Maria Braceras, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Harold Pilo, Underhill, VT (US);
George E. Rudgers, Essex Junction, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a device and method for detecting a resistive defect in a static random access memory (SRAM) device. A first aspect of the invention provides a static random access memory (SRAM) device comprising: a bitline; a wordline; a bitline precharge circuit electrically connected to the bitline and adapted to provide to the bitline a first precharge voltage for precharging the bitline during normal operation of the SRAM device and a second precharge voltage less than the first precharge voltage for testing the SRAM device for a resistive defect between the bitline and the wordline.