Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for scan chain data management
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Application No.: US14650318Application Date: 2013-01-07
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Publication No.: US09625526B2Publication Date: 2017-04-18
- Inventor: Michael Priel , Dan Kuzmin , Sergey Sofer
- Applicant: Michael Priel , Dan Kuzmin , Sergey Sofer
- Applicant Address: US TX Austin
- Assignee: NXP USA, INC.
- Current Assignee: NXP USA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- International Application: PCT/IB2013/050122 WO 20130107
- International Announcement: WO2014/106780 WO 20140710
- Main IPC: G01R31/28
- IPC: G01R31/28 ; G01R31/3185 ; G06F3/06 ; G06F1/32

Abstract:
Processing logic circuit has State Retention Power Gating logic circuit including at least two scan chains having different lengths and operable to collect state information about at least a portion of the processing logic circuit before the at least a portion of the processing logic circuit is placed from a first state into a second, different, state. The processing logic circuit includes a memory operable to store collected state information about the at least a portion of the processing logic circuit, and logic circuit operable to rearrange the collected state information data for scan chains shorter than a longest scan chain, to enable valid return of the collected state information data, for the scan chains shorter than a longest scan chain, to the at least a portion of the processing logic circuit when the at least a portion of the processing logic circuit returns to the first state.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150331047A1 A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCAN CHAIN DATA MANAGEMENT Public/Granted day:2015-11-19
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