A memory device permitting the detection and correction of errors in clinical

摘要

P the invention relates to a memory device having the function of detecting and correcting errors in a data item stored. / p & & p & according to the invention, it comprises a means 11 for generating a code for the detection / correction of errors, a means forming a memory 12 for storing the data and the code, a means 22, 23, 24 of the detection / correction of errors and a test means of a function 31, 32, selectively and directly connected by means of detection / correction of errors, and carrying out a test of a function of the means 31, 32 by transmitting, to the test, a code that is desired for the detection / correction of errors established from the outside, the contents of this code being known in advance. / p & & p & the invention applies in particular to the integrated circuit cards. / p