US 7,350,120 B2
Buffered memory module and method for testing same
Jeong-Hyeon Cho, Seoul (Korea, Republic of); Byung-Se So, Seongnam (Korea, Republic of); and Jae-Jun Lee, Yongin (Korea, Republic of)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do (Korea, Republic of)
Filed on Apr. 28, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/833,322.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2003-0041261 (KR), filed on Jun. 24, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2004/0264269 A1, Dec. 30, 2004
Int. Cl. G11C 29/00 (2006.01); G01R 31/02 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 714—718  [324/754; 324/763] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A buffered memory module, comprising:
a board including oppositely facing first and second surfaces on respective opposite sides of the board;
a buffer circuit mounted on the first surface of the board;
a plurality of semiconductor memory devices mounted on the first surface of the board and electrically connected to the buffer circuit; and
a plurality of test pads mounted on the second surface of the board and electrically connected to the buffer circuit;
wherein the plurality of semiconductor memory devices are respectively tested by probing the test pads using extension pins mounted on a test fixture.