TESTING OF ON-CHIP ANALOG-MIXED SIGNAL CIRCUITS USING ON-CHIP MEMORY

    公开(公告)号:US20240013848A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-11

    申请号:US17810671

    申请日:2022-07-05

    申请人: NXP USA, Inc.

    摘要: Analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) of an integrated circuit includes a first set of ADCs and second set of ADCs in which the ADCs of the first set are of a different type than the ADCs of the second set. On-chip testing of the ADCs includes calibrating an N-bit differential digital-to-analog converter (DAC) and storing a pair of calibration codes for each of 2N possible DAC input codes for the DAC in an on-chip memory. The first set of ADCs is tested using the pairs of calibration codes stored in the on-chip memory and a full N-bit resolution of the DAC. Subsequently, the second set of ADCs is tested using pairs of calibration codes corresponding to a reduced M-bit resolution of the DAC, in which M is less than N. During the testing of the second set of ADCs, a portion of the calibration codes stored in the on-chip memory is overwritten.

    Memory test methods and related devices

    公开(公告)号:US11854642B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-26

    申请号:US17310414

    申请日:2020-10-15

    IPC分类号: G11C29/46 G11C29/44 G11C29/56

    摘要: A memory test method includes: testing a first memory to acquire defect information of the first memory; acquiring repair information of the first memory according to the defect information of the first memory; and storing the repair information of the first memory in a second memory. In the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, other memories may be used to store the repair information of the currently tested memory, so that the storage space can be increased and the test efficiency can be improved.

    MEMORY DEVICE AND TEST METHOD OF MEMORY DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20230402123A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-14

    申请号:US18059124

    申请日:2022-11-28

    IPC分类号: G11C29/46 G11C29/12 G11C29/36

    摘要: Provided is a memory device including a cell array, a peripheral circuit configured to control a memory operation of the plurality of memory cells, a test logic circuit configured to operate in a test mode and configured to perform a test operation on the plurality of memory cells, a first regulator configured to regulate a first power supply voltage received through a first pad and provide the first power supply voltage to at least one of the cell array and the peripheral circuit, and a power manager between the first pad and an input terminal of the first regulator, and between the first pad and the test logic circuit and configured to provide a test power supply voltage to the test logic circuit. In the test mode, while a first target voltage level of the first regulator fluctuates, a second target voltage level of the power manager is maintained constant.

    Standby circuit dispatch method, apparatus, device and medium

    公开(公告)号:US11791012B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-17

    申请号:US17515776

    申请日:2021-11-01

    发明人: Yui-Lang Chen

    摘要: Provided are standby circuit dispatch method, apparatus, device and medium. The method includes: a first test item is executed and first test data is acquired, the first test data including position data of a failure bit acquired during execution of the first test item; a first redundant circuit dispatch result is determined according to the first test data; a second test item is executed and second test data is acquired; when the failure bit acquired during execution of the second test item includes a failure bit outside the repair range of the dispatched regional redundant circuits and dispatched global redundant circuits, and the dispatchable redundant circuits have been dispatched out, a maximum target bit umber is acquired according to the first test data and the second test data; and a target dispatch mode is selected and a second redundant circuit dispatch result is determined according to the target dispatch mode.

    Internal data availability for system debugging

    公开(公告)号:US11710534B1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-25

    申请号:US17682837

    申请日:2022-02-28

    摘要: Embodiments presented herein are directed to testing and/or debugging a memory device of a memory module (e.g., a dual in-line memory module (DIMM)) without having to remove the DIMM from a corresponding computing device and without having to interrupt operation of the computing device. A particular memory device (e.g., DRAM) may be identified for testing and/or debugging based on a failure message. However, the failure message may not identify a specific location or hardware of the module that caused the failure. Embodiments presented herein provide techniques to obtain data for analysis to determine and/or deliver a cause of the failure while reducing or eliminating downtime of the computing device. Test modes to do so may include a synchronous test mode, an asynchronous test mode, and an analog compare mode. A test mode may be selected based on the failure or a signal/function of the DRAM to be tested or debugged.

    METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TESTING MEMORY CHIP
    19.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230230649A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-20

    申请号:US17808701

    申请日:2022-06-24

    发明人: Dong LIU

    IPC分类号: G11C29/12 G11C29/46 G11C7/10

    摘要: A method for testing a memory chip includes the following: test data is written into memory cells of a memory chip to be tested; stored data is read from memory cells; a test result of the memory chip to be tested is generated according to the test data and the stored data. A current voltage of bit line precharge (VBLP) of the memory chip to be tested is smaller than a standard VBLP of the memory chip to be tested, and/or a current sensing delay time (SDT) of the memory chip to be tested is smaller than a standard SDT of the memory chip to be tested.

    CONFIGURABLE ECC MODE IN DRAM
    20.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230223096A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-13

    申请号:US18122038

    申请日:2023-03-15

    申请人: Intel Corporation

    IPC分类号: G11C29/42 G11C29/46 G11C29/12

    摘要: Methods and apparatus for configurable ECC (error correction code) mode in DRAM. Selected memory cells in the bank arrays of a DRAM device (e.g., die) are used to store ECC bits. A DRAM device (e.g., die) is configured to operate in a first mode in which an on-die ECC engine employs selected bits in the arrays of memory cells in the DRAM banks as ECC bits to perform ECC operations and to operate in a second mode under which the ECC bits are not employed for ECC operations by the ECC engine and made available for external use by a host. In the second mode, the repurposed ECC bits may comprise RAS bits used for RAS (Reliability, Serviceability, and Availability) operations and/or metabits comprising metadata used for other operations by the host.