Invention Grant
US08839057B2 Integrated circuit and method for testing memory on the integrated circuit
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用于集成电路测试存储器的集成电路和方法
- Patent Title: Integrated circuit and method for testing memory on the integrated circuit
- Patent Title (中): 用于集成电路测试存储器的集成电路和方法
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Application No.: US12929616Application Date: 2011-02-03
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Publication No.: US08839057B2Publication Date: 2014-09-16
- Inventor: Paul Stanley Hughes
- Applicant: Paul Stanley Hughes
- Applicant Address: GB Cambridge
- Assignee: ARM Limited
- Current Assignee: ARM Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Cambridge
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Main IPC: G11C29/00
- IPC: G11C29/00 ; G01R31/28 ; G11C29/16 ; G11C29/04 ; G11C29/26

Abstract:
An integrated circuit includes memory units and at least one memory test module, each module includes one associated memory unit, a set of test registers therefor, and a test engine configured to perform a test operation on that associated memory unit. A transaction interface of the memory test module receives a transaction specifying a register access operation and providing a first address portion having encodings allowing individual memory units as well as groups of memory units to be identified, and a second address portion identifying one of the test registers within the set to be an accessed register. Decode circuitry, within each memory test module and responsive to the transaction, is configured to selectively perform the register access operation if it is determined that the memory test module includes a set of test registers associated with a memory unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120204069A1 Integrated circuit and method for testing memory on the integrated circuit Public/Granted day:2012-08-09
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