Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Re-programmable self-test
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Application No.: US17371464Application Date: 2021-07-09
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Publication No.: US11768240B2Publication Date: 2023-09-26
- Inventor: Neil John Simpson , Alan David Hales
- 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 Carl G. Peterson; Frank D. Cimino
- Main IPC: G01R31/00
- IPC: G01R31/00 ; G01R31/3187 ; G01R31/3183 ; G01R31/317 ; G11C29/12 ; G11C29/10 ; G11C29/36

Abstract:
A built-in self-test (BIST) method includes providing expanded test patterns to a logic circuit under test, generating a first signature based on a response of the logic circuit to the expanded test patterns, generating a second signature based on the first signature, wherein the second signature is a compressed version of the first signature, selecting one of the first signature or the second signature in response to a control signal, comparing the selected one of the first signature or the second signature to an expected signature, and, based on the comparison of the selected one of the first signature or the second signature to the expected signature, determining that the logic circuit passes or fails BIST.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210333324A1 RE-PROGRAMMABLE SELF-TEST Public/Granted day:2021-10-28
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