Invention Grant
US07882454B2 Apparatus and method for improved test controllability and observability of random resistant logic
有权
用于提高随机电阻逻辑的测试可控性和可观察性的装置和方法
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for improved test controllability and observability of random resistant logic
- Patent Title (中): 用于提高随机电阻逻辑的测试可控性和可观察性的装置和方法
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Application No.: US12110731Application Date: 2008-04-28
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Publication No.: US07882454B2Publication Date: 2011-02-01
- Inventor: Mary P Kusko , Haoxing Ren , Ronald G Walther , Rona Yaari
- Applicant: Mary P Kusko , Haoxing Ren , Ronald G Walther , Rona Yaari
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Agent Daniel Schnurmann
- Main IPC: G06F17/50
- IPC: G06F17/50

Abstract:
A method for implementing improved observability of random resistant logic included in an integrated circuit (IC) design includes configuring a multiplexer device to pass, to a preexisting storage latch within the design, one of: a signal from one or more observation points within the random resistant logic and an output of first preexisting combinational logic; and selecting a preexisting net within the IC design to generate a randomized logic signal that, in a test mode, is passed to the multiplexer device to serve as a control signal thereto; wherein, in the test mode, the existing storage latch captures data randomly selected from either the existing combinational logic and the one or more observation points and in a normal mode, the existing storage latch captures data from only the existing combinational logic, facilitating random testing of the random resistant logic in a manner that avoids adding latches to the design.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090271671A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED TEST CONTROLLABILITY AND OBSERVABILITY OF RANDOM RESISTANT LOGIC Public/Granted day:2009-10-29
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