Method for testing memory cell in semiconductor device
AssigneeHynix Semiconductor Inc.
InventorsYoung-Seon You, Yoon-Soo Jang, Mun-Hwa Lee, Tae-Kyu Kim
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Abstract
A method for testing a memory cell of the semiconductor device includes the steps of determining a reference memory cell and setting a first trip point by measuring a first drain current of a reference memory cell, testing an erasure verifying memory cell to be tested at a room temperature, detecting a fourth drain current by measuring the erasure verifying memory cell at a hot temperature and comparing the fourth drain current with the first drain current, varying the first drain trip point according to a current difference between the firs and the fourth drain currents and setting a second trip point of the erasure verifying memory cell according to the varied first trip point.
Claims9
A method for testing a memory cell of the semiconductor device, comprising the steps of:
- a) determining a reference memory cell and setting a first trip point by measuring a first drain current of a reference memory cell;
- b) testing an erasure verifying memory cell to be tested at a room temperature, wherein the step b) includes the steps of:
- b1) measuring and storing a second drain current flowing in the erasure verifying memory cell as a first data at a room temperature after erasing the erasure verifying memory cell;
- b2) erasing a sector of the erasure verifying memory cell;
- b3) measuring a third drain current of the erasure verifying memory cell at a room temperature;
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- b4) comparing the first drain current with the third drain current;
- c) detecting a fourth drain current by measuring the erasure verifying memory cell at a hot temperature and comparing the fourth drain current with the first drain current;
- d) varying the first drain trip point according to a current difference between the firs and the fourth drain currents;
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- e) setting a second trip point of the erasure verifying memory cell according to the varied first trip point.
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