- Patent Title: IC cores, scan paths, compare circuitry, select and enable inputs
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Application No.: US15359785Application Date: 2016-11-23
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Publication No.: US09939489B2Publication Date: 2018-04-10
- Inventor: Lee D. Whetsel
- 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 Lawrence J. Bassuk; Charles A. Brill; Frank D. Cimino
- Main IPC: G01R31/28
- IPC: G01R31/28 ; G01R31/3177 ; G01R31/317 ; G01R31/3185 ; G01R31/3173

Abstract:
An integrated circuit includes combinational logic with flip-flops, parallel scan paths with a scan input for receiving test stimulus data to be applied to the combinational logic, combinational connections with the combinational logic for applying stimulus data to the combinational logic and receiving response data from the combinational logic, a scan output for transmitting test response data obtained from the combinational logic, and control inputs having an enable input and a select input for operating the parallel scan paths, each scan path includes flip-flops of the combinational logic that, in a test mode, are connected in series, compare circuitry indicates the result of a comparison of the received test response data and the expected data at a fail flag output, and one of the scan paths includes a scan cell having an input coupled to the fail flag output.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170074938A1 IMPROVED CORE CIRCUIT TEST ARCHITECTURE Public/Granted day:2017-03-16
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