Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Testing of an integrated circuit with a plurality of clock domains
- Patent Title (中): 具有多个时钟域的集成电路的测试
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Application No.: US11816162Application Date: 2006-02-09
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Publication No.: US08410787B2Publication Date: 2013-04-02
- Inventor: Thomas F. Waayers , Richard Morren
- Applicant: Thomas F. Waayers , Richard Morren
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: NXP B.V.
- Current Assignee: NXP B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- Priority: EP05101041 20050211
- International Application: PCT/IB2006/050421 WO 20060209
- International Announcement: WO2006/085276 WO 20060817
- Main IPC: G01R31/02
- IPC: G01R31/02

Abstract:
An integrated circuit comprises a plurality of clock domains (10, 12). Test data is shifted into the integrated circuit through a scan chain (100, 14, 104). In a test mode a connection is interrupted between a functional output of a first clock domain (10) and a functional input of a second clock domain (12). Test data is applied from the scan chain (100, 14, 104) to the functional input and a test response is captured into from the functional output. A delay circuit (24, 28) is used to delay transfer of the test result from the scan cell (21) to the functional input when the test result is captured in the scan cell (21), to ensure that timing differences between the clock domains do not affect the test. Subsequently the test result is shifted through the scan chain.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100188096A1 TESTING OF AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH A PLURALITY OF CLOCK DOMAINS Public/Granted day:2010-07-29
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