Memory defect detection arrangement

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PATENT NO 5500823
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08221074

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In a static random access memory made up of six-transistor memory cells arranged in rows and columns, an arrangement for detecting open circuit or 'soft' defects in the individual inverters of a memory cell includes lowering the supply voltage of a cell under test to overcome the clamping effect of a feedback inverter, applying input signal voltage changes to one of the bit lines associated with the cell, and testing for the expected voltage changes on the other bit line associated with the cell.

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MITEL SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITEDCHENEY MANOR SWINDON WILTSHIRE SN2 2QW

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Albon, Richard Tavistock, GB 8 128
Martin, Alan Plymouth, GB 36 1255

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