Invention Grant
- Patent Title: I/O control circuit for reduced pin count (RPC) device testing
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Application No.: US15797058Application Date: 2017-10-30
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Publication No.: US10012690B2Publication Date: 2018-07-03
- Inventor: Ramana Tadepalli
- Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agent Kenneth Liu; Charles A. Brill; Frank D. Cimino
- Main IPC: G01R31/10
- IPC: G01R31/10 ; G01R31/28 ; G01R31/317

Abstract:
An I/O control circuit includes a plurality of IO cells including an input section for stimulating a plurality of (n) pins of a device under test (DUT) and an output section for processing data output by the pins. The input section of each cell includes a latched driver each including a driver input, a first driver output, a next state driver output, and a current source. The next state driver output and current source are for coupling to drive the pins, and the latched drivers are serially connected with the first driver output of an earlier IO cell connected to the driver input of a next IO cell. The output section of each cell includes an analog to digital converter (ADC) for coupling to the n pins, and a memory element coupled to an output of the ADC.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180143241A1 I/O CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR REDUCED PIN COUNT (RPC) DEVICE TESTING Public/Granted day:2018-05-24
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