Memory selftest method and apparatus
CA 1304821 C · Owner: Crouse, Robert N. · Inventors: Crouse, Robert N.; Utzig, Edward H.; Pierce, Donald C.
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A method and apparatus for testing each memory location of a memory device, the method comprising the steps of: generating each of the memory addresses corresponding to each memory location in a pseudo-random order; generating a pseudo-random series of data words; storing one of the data words at each memory location; reading each data word back from memory; regenerating the series of data words; and comparing each read data word to the corresponding regenerated data word. The invention features generating and storing a second series of data words, each data word being the inverse of the data words in the first series. The second series of data words are read from memory and compared to …
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- Granted July 7, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended July 7, 2009.
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