CA2129390C - Methode et appareil de detection de defaillances de couplage de cellules multiples dans les memoires electroniques - Google Patents

Methode et appareil de detection de defaillances de couplage de cellules multiples dans les memoires electroniques

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CA2129390C
CA2129390C CA002129390A CA2129390A CA2129390C CA 2129390 C CA2129390 C CA 2129390C CA 002129390 A CA002129390 A CA 002129390A CA 2129390 A CA2129390 A CA 2129390A CA 2129390 C CA2129390 C CA 2129390C
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Bruce Fordyce Cockburn
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01R—MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES
    • G01R31/00—Arrangements for testing electric properties; Arrangements for locating electric faults; Arrangements for electrical testing characterised by what is being tested not provided for elsewhere
    • G01R31/26—Testing of individual semiconductor devices
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C29/00—Checking stores for correct operation ; Subsequent repair; Testing stores during standby or offline operation
    • G11C29/04—Detection or location of defective memory elements, e.g. cell constructio details, timing of test signals
    • G11C29/08—Functional testing, e.g. testing during refresh, power-on self testing [POST] or distributed testing
    • G11C29/12—Built-in arrangements for testing, e.g. built-in self testing [BIST] or interconnection details
    • G11C29/1201—Built-in arrangements for testing, e.g. built-in self testing [BIST] or interconnection details comprising I/O circuitry
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C29/00—Checking stores for correct operation ; Subsequent repair; Testing stores during standby or offline operation
    • G11C29/04—Detection or location of defective memory elements, e.g. cell constructio details, timing of test signals
    • G11C29/08—Functional testing, e.g. testing during refresh, power-on self testing [POST] or distributed testing
    • G11C29/12—Built-in arrangements for testing, e.g. built-in self testing [BIST] or interconnection details
    • G11C29/18—Address generation devices; Devices for accessing memories, e.g. details of addressing circuits
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C29/00—Checking stores for correct operation ; Subsequent repair; Testing stores during standby or offline operation
    • G11C29/04—Detection or location of defective memory elements, e.g. cell constructio details, timing of test signals
    • G11C29/08—Functional testing, e.g. testing during refresh, power-on self testing [POST] or distributed testing
    • G11C29/48—Arrangements in static stores specially adapted for testing by means external to the store, e.g. using direct memory access [DMA] or using auxiliary access paths
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C29/00—Checking stores for correct operation ; Subsequent repair; Testing stores during standby or offline operation
    • G11C29/04—Detection or location of defective memory elements, e.g. cell constructio details, timing of test signals
    • G11C29/08—Functional testing, e.g. testing during refresh, power-on self testing [POST] or distributed testing
    • G11C29/12—Built-in arrangements for testing, e.g. built-in self testing [BIST] or interconnection details
    • G11C29/18—Address generation devices; Devices for accessing memories, e.g. details of addressing circuits
    • G11C2029/1804—Manipulation of word size

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  • For Increasing The Reliability Of Semiconductor Memories (AREA)
  • Techniques For Improving Reliability Of Storages (AREA)
  • Tests Of Electronic Circuits (AREA)

Abstract

Méthode d'essai de mémoire vive (RAM) pour détecter les fautes uniques de couplage en V en établissant une première valeur de courant pour chaque cellule, et pour chaque cellule et chaque m arrière-plan de données, qui génère un bit de données correspondant à un élément d'une matrice complète (n, V-1), et pour chaque m arrière-plan de données : (1) qui applique une séquence de lecture-écriture à chaque cellule; et (2) pour chaque arrière-plan sauf pour le mième arrière-plan, la mise à jour de la valeur en cours de toutes les cellules selon les bits de données correspondant à cette cellule; la lecture de chaque cellule de la RAM; et le rejet ou la réparation de la RAM si une faute de couplage de cellule ressort de la série de valeurs lues dans les cellules de la RAM. Les bits de données sont générés par une méthode de reconstitution de matrice ou un générateur pseudo-aléatoire utilisant une numérisation des adresses de la cellule à laquelle le bit de données s'applique. La fonction logique peut être l'élément de la matrice exhaustive (n, V-1) sans égard au courant de la cellule ou le résultat de la mise en fonction OU exclusif du complément du bit de code logique d'arrière-plan et de la première valeur existante de la cellule. L'appareillage permettant l'essai d'une mémoire RAM est muni de mémoire PROM contenant les bits de code logique d'arrière-plan qui correspondent à une matrice complète (n0, V-1) où n0 n, la matrice ayant n0 rangées et m0 colonnes et un générateur de bit de données pour générer les bits de données à partir de la matrice stockée en PROM. Un appareillage intégré d'essai de la mémoire RAM ayant n cellules comprend un générateur de bits de données, qui produit des bits de données pseudo-aléatoires à partir de la numérisation de l'adresse de la cellule RAM à laquelle le bit de données doit être appliqué.
CA002129390A 1994-08-03 1994-08-03 Methode et appareil de detection de defaillances de couplage de cellules multiples dans les memoires electroniques Expired - Fee Related CA2129390C (fr)

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