Patents by Inventor Chiaki Kondou

Chiaki Kondou has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7337378
    Abstract: To provide a semiconductor integrated circuit that includes a flash EEPROM on which an efficient burn-in test can be carried out and a burn-in test method thereof. By changing the level of a control signal C1 from the mode selecting unit 40, the operating mode of a functional unit 10 is switched from a normal mode to a test mode for reading out data from a ROM 30 storing a test instruction code. Then, by changing the level of the first control signal C2 in the test mode, the destination of an output of the first selection circuit 12 and the operation of the program counter 11 are switched, thereby alternately implementing a first burn-in mode for activating a flash EEPROM 20 and a second burn-in mode for activating the functional unit 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: NEC Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Chiaki Kondou
  • Publication number: 20060253750
    Abstract: To provide a semiconductor integrated circuit that includes a flash EEPROM on which an efficient burn-in test can be carried out and a burn-in test method thereof. By changing the level of a control signal C1 from the mode selecting unit 40, the operating mode of a functional unit 10 is switched from a normal mode to a test mode for reading out data from a ROM 30 storing a test instruction code. Then, by changing the level of the first control signal C2 in the test mode, the destination of an output of the first selection circuit 12 and the operation of the program counter 11 are switched, thereby alternately implementing a first burn-in mode for activating a flash EEPROM 20 and a second burn-in mode for activating the functional unit 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventor: Chiaki Kondou