Patent ID: 8405412
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: G01R,G11C

Abstract:
1. A packaged integrated circuit adapted for self-monitored burn-in, the packaged integrated circuit comprising: a first memory; at least one built-in self-test circuit coupled to the first memory and operative to test the packaged integrated circuit by executing a burn-in test and to generate test results indicative of at least one parameter of the burn-in test, wherein the test results are at least temporarily stored in the first memory as a function of a first control signal; and a controller circuit coupled to the built-in self-test circuit and operative to determine when to execute the burn-in test; wherein the controller circuit comprises a second memory, wherein information stored in the second memory is operative to control at least one of an execution time of the burn-in test and a transfer of at least a portion of the test results generated by the built-in self-test circuit to the first memory.