International Business Machines Corporation

Paul R Turgeon

William Vincent Huott

Timothy Gerard McNamara

Tin-Chee Lo

Robert Walter Berry, Jr

Pradip Patel

David Allan Webber

Philip George Shephard, Iii

George A Katopis

Gulsun Yasar

Frederick J Cox

Joseph B Hanley, Iii

Joseph L Braun

A method for dynamic bandwidth testing of a link between two computer subsystems useful for determining the amount of data which can be buffered in a transmission line by delay, in which at each end of the line circuit modules are provided to couple the subsystem by a bi-directional multi-bit (BiDi) link, and providing within each said circuit module a built-in circuit and logic for dynamic transmission characterization and test of a said BiDi link between computer subsystems using built-in characterization logic macros, and during a test mode, switching said said built-in circuit and logic to test mode and using the test mode to characterize the link performance, and after the completion of characterization, the switching built-in characterization logic macros back to a normal system mode after programmatically setting timing parameters for the BiDi link to ensure safe operation of data transfer before the BiDi link is switched to system mode.

Method for dynamic bandwidth testing

An array built-in self test system has a scannable memory elements and a controller which, in combination, allow self test functions (e.g. test patterns, read/write access, and test sequences) to be modified without hardware changes to the test logic. Test sequence is controlled by logical test vectors, which can be changed, making the task of developing complex testing sequences relatively easy.

Programmable built-in self test method and controller for arrays

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