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  • G11C29/00—Checking stores for correct operation ; Subsequent repair; Testing stores during standby or offline operation
  • G11C29/006—Checking stores for correct operation ; Subsequent repair; Testing stores during standby or offline operation at wafer scale level, i.e. wafer scale integration [WSI]
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  • G11C11/00—Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor
  • G11C11/56—Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor using storage elements with more than two stable states represented by steps, e.g. of voltage, current, phase, frequency
  • G11C11/5621—Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor using storage elements with more than two stable states represented by steps, e.g. of voltage, current, phase, frequency using charge storage in a floating gate
  • G11C11/5628—Programming or writing circuits; Data input circuits
• • G—PHYSICS
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  • G11C16/00—Erasable programmable read-only memories
  • G11C16/02—Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable
  • G11C16/04—Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable using variable threshold transistors, e.g. FAMOS
  • G11C16/0483—Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable using variable threshold transistors, e.g. FAMOS comprising cells having several storage transistors connected in series
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
  • G11C—STATIC STORES
  • G11C16/00—Erasable programmable read-only memories
  • G11C16/02—Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable
  • G11C16/06—Auxiliary circuits, e.g. for writing into memory
  • G11C16/34—Determination of programming status, e.g. threshold voltage, overprogramming or underprogramming, retention
  • G11C16/3404—Convergence or correction of memory cell threshold voltages; Repair or recovery of overerased or overprogrammed cells
  • G11C16/3409—Circuits or methods to recover overerased nonvolatile memory cells detected during erase verification, usually by means of a "soft" programming step
• • 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
  • G11C29/50—Marginal testing, e.g. race, voltage or current testing
  • G11C29/50004—Marginal testing, e.g. race, voltage or current testing of threshold voltage
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
  • G11C—STATIC STORES
  • G11C29/00—Checking stores for correct operation ; Subsequent repair; Testing stores during standby or offline operation
  • G11C29/52—Protection of memory contents; Detection of errors in memory contents
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
  • G11C—STATIC STORES
  • G11C16/00—Erasable programmable read-only memories
  • G11C16/02—Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable
  • G11C16/04—Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable using variable threshold transistors, e.g. FAMOS

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