Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Test-time optimization with few slow scan pads
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Application No.: US18222535Application Date: 2023-07-17
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Publication No.: US12203985B1Publication Date: 2025-01-21
- Inventor: Sandeep Jain , Shalini Pathak , Pooja Jain
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics International N.V.
- Applicant Address: CH Geneva
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics International N.V.
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics International N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: CH Geneva
- Agency: Crowe & Dunlevy LLC
- Main IPC: G01R31/3185
- IPC: G01R31/3185 ; G01R31/317

Abstract:
An integrated circuit improves scan testing efficiency by addressing slow Scan-OUT pins. The integrated circuit shifts data through high-frequency Scan-OUT pins every cycle and through low-frequency Scan-OUT pins every other cycle. Data that cannot be shifted through low-frequency pins is stored in an accumulator and later shifted out through high-frequency pins. Despite changing the scan-out data pattern, the tester used for testing the integrated circuit anticipates the resulting pattern, providing for the testing to not be negatively impacted.
Public/Granted literature
- US20250027994A1 TEST-TIME OPTIMIZATION WITH FEW SLOW SCAN PADS Public/Granted day:2025-01-23
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