Patent attributes
The test method, integrated circuit and test system embodiments disclosed herein relate to testing at least one integrated circuit which uses an internal operating clock and has a first number of address pins, a second number of command pins and an address generation circuit which receives at least one encoded address information item using a third number of the address pins, which is smaller than the first number, and provides the other address pins as a fourth number of free address pins, where at least one first command is transferred using the command pins and at least one second command is transferred using at least one portion of the fourth number of the address pins from a test apparatus to the integrated circuit using a test clock which has a lower rate than the internal operating clock.
