Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Performance-screen ring oscillator (PSRO) using an integrated circuit test signal distribution network
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Application No.: US14811183Application Date: 2015-07-28
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Publication No.: US09891276B2Publication Date: 2018-02-13
- Inventor: James D. Warnock
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- 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 William A. Kinnaman, Jr.
- Main IPC: G01R31/3187
- IPC: G01R31/3187 ; G01R31/28 ; H03K3/03

Abstract:
Embodiments relate to an integrated circuit comprising a performance-screen ring oscillator (PSRO). An aspect includes a test signal distribution network, the test signal distribution network including a plurality of flushable pipeline latches, the test signal distribution network configured to deliver a test signal simultaneously, via the plurality of flushable pipeline latches, to each of a plurality of local clock buffers associated with components of the integrated circuit at a plurality of signal outputs. Another aspect includes a PSRO including an input multiplexer that outputs an oscillator signal to an input of a branch of the test signal distribution network; and a return path from a signal output of the branch of the test signal distribution network to the input multiplexer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170030967A1 PERFORMANCE-SCREEN RING OSCILLATOR (PSRO) USING AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT TEST SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION NETWORK Public/Granted day:2017-02-02
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