Invention Application
- Patent Title: TRANSPARENT TEST METHOD AND SCAN FLIP-FLOP
- Patent Title (中): 透明测试方法和扫描FLIP-FLOP
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Application No.: US12303938Application Date: 2007-06-09
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Publication No.: US20100169856A1Publication Date: 2010-07-01
- Inventor: Pat Hom , Steven Eplett , Rabi Sengupta , Eric West , Lyle Smith
- Applicant: Pat Hom , Steven Eplett , Rabi Sengupta , Eric West , Lyle Smith
- International Application: PCT/US07/70821 WO 20070609
- Main IPC: G06F17/50
- IPC: G06F17/50 ; G01R31/3177 ; G06F11/25

Abstract:
Logic blocks for IC designs (including gate-array, standard cell, or logic array designs) provide Design-for-Test-enabled flip-flops (DFT-enabled FFs) that inherently insure compliance with DFT rules associated with scan shifting. Test scan-chains are configured by daisy-chaining instances of the logic block in a transparent (invisible) manner to user-designed application circuits, which can be designed without any user-inserted test structures or other regard for DFT considerations. User asynchronous set and reset inputs and all Stuck-At faults on all user pins on these DFT-enabled FFs are observable via capture and scan-out. A first type of these DFT-enabled FFs features addressable control to partition test the application circuit. A second type of these DFT-enabled FFs features integral capture buffering that eliminates the need for partition test, simplifying control logic and reducing the number of test vectors needed.
Public/Granted literature
- US08122413B2 Transparent test method and scan flip-flop Public/Granted day:2012-02-21
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