Static information storage and retrieval – Read/write circuit – Testing
Patent
1998-08-03
2000-05-23
Dinh, Son T.
Static information storage and retrieval
Read/write circuit
Testing
365222, G11C 700
Patent
active
060672617
ABSTRACT:
A method of testing a semiconductor circuit, the semiconductor circuit including word lines connected to a storage device, address receivers receiving addresses, an address decoder decoding the addresses and selecting ones of the word lines, a self-refresh unit refreshing the word lines during a non-test mode and a test mode device controlling the semiconductor circuit in a test mode, the method comprises supplying a test mode signal to the test mode device, activating a test mode operation of the self-refresh unit, sequentially activating the word lines using the self-refresh unit, maintaining the word lines in an active condition for a predetermined time period and deactivating the word lines.
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Vogelsang Thomas
Wilson Adam B.
Dinh Son T.
Infineon Technologies North America Corp.
International Business Machines - Corporation
Neff, Esq. Daryl K.
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