Patent ID: 7072233

Claim:
A method for modifying a default time duration between an execution instant of a second operation and the earlier execution instant of a first operation executed earlier in a memory element, wherein the memory element is operable in a test operation mode and a normal operation mode, comprising: providing a real time duration in the memory element during the test operation mode, wherein the real time duration is chosen so that a performance parameter of the memory element, when using the real time duration between the execution instants of the first and second operations, improves over a situation in which the default time duration between the execution instants of the first and second operations is used, changing the default time duration in direction of the real time duration during the test operation mode to obtain a modified default time duration, storing information on the modified default time duration in the memory element during the test operation mode, and executing the second operation offset by the modified default time duration after the execution instant of the first operation during the normal operation mode.