Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Semiconductor integrated circuit having scan chains sequentially supplied with a clock signal
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Application No.: US17019668Application Date: 2020-09-14
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Publication No.: US11519963B2Publication Date: 2022-12-06
- Inventor: Masaki Ooiso
- Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
- Current Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JPJP2020-017660 20200205
- Main IPC: G01R31/3185
- IPC: G01R31/3185 ; G01R31/3177 ; G01R31/317 ; G01R31/3183

Abstract:
A semiconductor integrated circuit includes scan chains, each of which includes a serial connection of sequential circuits and performs a shift register operation in a scan test; and an integrated clock gating (ICG) chain composed by coupling, to one another, ICG circuits, each of which individually supplies a corresponding one of the scan chains with a circuit clock signal to operate the sequential circuits. In the ICG chain, an ICG enable propagation signal for controlling timing when the ICG circuits output the circuit clock signals propagates through a signal line and is input sequentially to the ICG circuits. The ICG circuits output the circuit clock signals at respective timings that are different among the scan chains.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210239759A1 SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT Public/Granted day:2021-08-05
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