Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Circuit and method for diagnosing scan chain failures
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Application No.: US15730411Application Date: 2017-10-11
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Publication No.: US10371751B2Publication Date: 2019-08-06
- Inventor: Sandeep Kumar Goel
- Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: TW Hsin-Chu
- Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsin-Chu
- Agency: Duane Morris LLP
- Main IPC: G01R31/3185
- IPC: G01R31/3185 ; G01R31/3177

Abstract:
A circuit includes a plurality of scan chains arranged in a ring network topology. Each scan chain includes a plurality of scan blocks, each of the plurality of scan blocks including a storage element and a switching device. Each switching device includes a first input configured to receive an output of a storage element in a different scan chain from the scan chain in which the switching device is disposed, and a second input configured to receive one of a function logic signal or a test scan signal. The switching device configured to selectively couple the first input or the second input to an input of the storage element.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180031634A1 CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING SCAN CHAIN FAILURES Public/Granted day:2018-02-01
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