Static information storage and retrieval – Read/write circuit – Testing
Patent
1994-03-31
1996-03-19
Zarabian, A.
Static information storage and retrieval
Read/write circuit
Testing
365190, G11C 2900
Patent
active
055008232
ABSTRACT:
In a static random access memory made up of six-transistor memory cells arranged in rows and columns, an arrangement for detecting open circuit or "soft" defects in the individual inverters of a memory cell includes lowering the supply voltage of a cell under test to overcome the clamping effect of a feedback inverter, applying input signal voltage changes to one of the bit lines associated with the cell, and testing for the expected voltage changes on the other bit line associated with the cell.
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patent: 5079744 (1992-01-01), Tobita et al.
patent: 5255230 (1993-10-01), Chan et al.
Albon Richard
Martin Alan
Plessey Semiconductors Limited
Zarabian A.
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