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6611934 Boundary scan test cell circuit  
A test cell ( 12 ) provides boundary scan testing in an integrated circuit ( 10 ). The test cell ( 12 ) comprises two memories, a flip-flop ( 24 ) and a latch ( 26 ), for storing test data. A first...
6611941 Method for RAMDAC testing  
A method of testing a plurality of registers in a RAMDAC, each of the registers having a plurality of bits. First, the bits of the registers are all reset to a first logic state. Then, one logic...
6611933 Real-time decoder for scan test patterns  
A method and apparatus for improving the efficiency of scan testing of integrated circuits is described. This efficiency is achieved by reducing the amount of required test stimulus source data and...
6606720 Scan structure for CMOS storage elements  
Scan chain links which step data through a scan chain using only a single control signal, and which require a reduced number of transistors to scan data into and out of a latch. One scan chain...
6606736 Computer-aided timing adjusting method and apparatus  
Input signal dull values in a targeted set-up error path are read from a delay information file, in this path, a cell in a proceeding stage of the cell with the largest input signal dull value is...
6601202 Circuit configuration with deactivatable scan path  
A circuit configuration with a deactivatable scan path, includes a number of function blocks each connected to at least one other of the function blocks. At least one sub-set of the connections is...
6598192 Method and apparatus for testing an integrated circuit  
A programmable clock generator ( 220 ), which is part of an integrated circuit (IC) ( 210 ), provides clock signals ( 230 ) and ( 232 ) to various components of the IC. The clock generator includes...
6597164 Test bus circuit and associated method  
An on-chip test bus circuit for testing a plurality of circuits and an associated method. The test bus circuit consists of a test bus and a plurality of switching circuits which selectably provide...
6598191 Verification of asynchronous boundary behavior  
A function for verifying an asynchronous boundary behavior of a digital system. The asynchronous boundary is formed at a coupling between a first series of registers clocked by a write clock (the...
6591388 High speed sink/source register to reduce level sensitive scan design test time  
Test data is provided through shift registers, operated at a high clock rate comparable to or exceeding a normal high speed clock rate of a chip being tested, to each of a plurality of scan chains...
6591387 Communication equipment with boundary scan elements  
A communication system includes a plurality of boundary scan elements including input and output terminals and a plurality of boundary cells individually assigned to the respective input terminals...
6587813 PCI bus system testing and verification apparatus and method  
An improved PCI verification method and apparatus provides iterative testing of all desired conditions or protocol combinations in a PCI system. One or more commands may be tested in combination...
6587981 Integrated circuit with scan test structure  
Scan path structures are provided for integrated circuits which contain one or more cores or levels of sub-cores embedded within the cores. Circuitry is provided to permit scan testing of scan...
6581190 Methodology for classifying an IC or CPU version type via JTAG scan chain  
A method in a data processing system for identifying a circuit. In a preferred embodiment, a set of bits, with a defined chain length, are shifted into the circuit one bit at a time. The bits...
6578166 Restricting the damaging effects of software faults on test and configuration circuitry  
A system that restricts the damaging effects of software faults that interact with test and configuration circuitry. This test and configuration circuitry includes a scan chain in the form of a...
6574590 Microprocessor development systems  
A procedure and processor are disclosed for avoiding lengthy delays in debug procedures during access by a memory mapped peripheral device. The processor includes in-circuit emulation means...
6573703 Semiconductor device  
A semiconductor for having a reduced required number of probes for inputting burn-in data to a target circuit, including two separate scan chains having respective first and second input terminals,...
6571363 Single event upset tolerant microprocessor architecture  
A single-event-upset, fault-tolerant data processor architecture enables error detection and correction according to algorithms given. A hardware intensive solution compares signatures of two...
6567942 Method and apparatus to reduce the size of programmable array built-in self-test engines  
A programmable array built-in self test system for testing an embedded array allows self test functions, e.g. test patterns, read/write access, and test sequences, to be modified without hardware...
6560737 Method for adding scan controllability and observability to domino CMOS with low area and delay overhead  
Circuitry for scanning and observing domino CMOS logic or other logic gates. Master and slave stages includes circuitry for latching a bit into the master stage through pulsing of a clock signal...
6560739 Mechanism for enabling compliance with the IEEE standard 1149.1 for boundary-scan designs and tests  
A mechanism for enabling compliance with the IEEE boundary-scan standard 1149.1 includes, in a first preferred embodiment, a compliance enabler working with non-compliant embedded boundary-scan...
6560738 Fault propagation path estimating method, fault propagation path estimating apparatus and recording media  
A gate connected to an input side of a normal signal line estimated-as in a logical state equal to an expected value with an implication operation is detected as a newly implication-capable gate,...
6556037 Semiconductor integrated circuit and test board  
In a semiconductor integrated circuit, a test controller generates test patterns for all of the pins of a core logic from test patterns for only the pins necessary for the test. The test controller...
6553524 Method for automating validation of integrated circuit test logic  
A methodology for automatic validation of integrated circuit (IC) test hardware that is performed during extraction of the test hardware. Signal connectivity between output test ports of one or...
6550031 Transparently gathering a chips multiple internal states via scan path and a trigger  
A microcontroller has many miscellaneous logics. The miscellaneous logic can include input/outputs of combinational logic or peripheral devices of the microcontroller, storage devices such as...
6546514 Integrated circuit analysis and design involving defective circuit element replacement on a netlist  
A method of operating on a net-list describing an integrated circuit design for use with an automated test pattern generator for testing an integrated circuit built using the design is described....
6539511 Semiconductor integrated circuit devices with test circuit  
In a semiconductor integrated circuit device supporting a boundary scan test, the state of an I/O cell is set under the control of a DC test control circuit through a boundary scan register...
6539508 Methods and circuits for testing programmable logic  
Described is a test circuit that can be instantiated on a programmable logic device to perform at-speed functional tests of programmable resources, including internal memory and routing resources....
6539507 Integrated circuit with alternately selectable state evaluation provisions  
An integrated circuit incorporating test access provisions and a system addressable command control register; and provisions for selectably enabling and accessing one or the other for purposes of...
6539497 IC with selectively applied functional and test clocks  
A data processing device formed in a single semiconductor chip. The data processing device includes an electronic processor, and on-chip peripheral circuitry ordinarily operative together. Further...
6536008 Fault insertion method, boundary scan cells, and integrated circuit for use therewith  
A number of fault injection circuits and corresponding methods for injecting correlated, uncorrelated, non-persistent and persisting faults at the primary outputs of boundary scan cells are...
6536007 Models and technique for automated fault isolation of open defects in logic  
A method and system for diagnosing open defects in logic circuits. The method employs a pair of diagnostic fault models and an associated algorithm to automate the diagnoses of open...
6535049 Multipurpose test chip input/output circuit  
A system for testing an integrated circuit. The system includes a plurality of simultaneous switching output (SSO) cells with each of the plurality of simultaneous SSO cells including an output...
6532571 Method to improve a testability analysis of a hierarchical design  
A method to improve the testability and analysis of a hierarchical semiconductor chip design formed from a plurality of macros, each macro identifying a particular portion of a semiconductor chip...
6529033 Area efficient clock inverting circuit for design for testability  
A method for fabricating IC devices including both rising edge-triggered circuits (e.g., flip-flops or latches) and falling edge-triggered circuits in which a clock signal line is selectively...
6530050 Initializing and saving peripheral device configuration states of a microcontroller using a utility program  
A microcontroller has many internal peripheral devices. The peripheral devices have many registers that can be used to configure the peripheral devices for a particular application. The...
6522985 Emulation devices, systems and methods utilizing state machines  
An emulation device including a serial scan testability interface having at least first and second scan paths, and state machine circuitry connected and responsive to said second scan path...
6516432 AC scan diagnostic method  
Disclosed is an alternating current (AC) scan diagnostic system in which one or a plurality of scan chains are tested by serially propagating predetermined bit patterns through the scan chain and...
6510535 Method of design for testability for integrated circuits  
A method of design for testability using scan FF identification of this invention eases generation of test sequences as compared with conventional technique. An FF relation graph is generated from...
6510534 Method and apparatus for testing high performance circuits  
A method for at-speed testing high-performance digital systems and circuits having combinational logic and memory elements that may be both scannable and non-scannable is performed by enabling at...
6507209 Tester accuracy using multiple passes  
A test circuit generally comprising a tester connected to a socket for holding a device under test. The device may be configured to have (i) a first function and (ii) a final function. The tester...
6499124 Intest security circuit for boundary-scan architecture  
A security circuit for an IEEE Standard 1149.1 compliant PLD that is controlled by a security bit or bits programmed when the PLD is incorporated into a final product. The security circuit includes...
6496030 Scan flip-flop providing both scan and propagation delay testing  
A semiconductor integrated circuit device is provided with a selector that selects a normal operation signal or a circuit diagnosis input signal depending upon a first-mode input signal. A first...
6490702 Scan structure for improving transition fault coverage and scan diagnostics  
A scan chain latch circuit is provided. The scan chain latch circuit includes a first shift register latch and a second shift register latch. The scan chain latch circuit also includes a...
6487688 Method for testing circuits with tri-state drivers and circuit for use therewith  
A scan-testing method for circuits having tri-state bus drivers disables all drivers during scan intervals and enables at most one of the bus drivers during the capture interval. A driver select...
6487682 Semiconductor integrated circuit  
A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a semiconductor chip body, a plurality of input/output cells arranged on a surface of the semiconductor chip body at parts including a peripheral part...
6484280 Scan path test support  
Functional testing of complex digital integrated circuits. A complex integrated circuit such as a system-on-a-chip (SOC) designed using high-level tools is tested by decomposing it into functional...
6484275 System and method for interfacing data with a test access port of a processor  
A processor in accordance with the present invention includes memory that stores test data and control data. The processor also includes a test application that transmits the test data and the...
6473727 Processor development systems  
A processor including in-circuit emulation means comprising a plurality of scan chains of serially connected registers coupled to a means for enabling a serial scan procedure to be carried out, a...
6467057 Scan driver of LCD with fault detection and correction function  
A scan driver of LCD with fault detection and correction circuit is disclosed herein. The scan driver fabricated on a glass substrate locates at both ends of the scan buses can simultaneously drive...