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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018

Filed:

May. 13, 2016
Applicant:

Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:
Assignee:

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/26 (2006.01); G06F 1/10 (2006.01); G06F 13/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/26 (2013.01); G06F 1/10 (2013.01); G06F 13/24 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for improving system debugging using finite state machines are described. In one embodiment, the systems and methods includes selecting, by a first multiplexor, a period of a timer tick for one or more blocks of a system on a chip (SoC), comparing, by a first comparator, a current state of the one or more blocks to a previous state of the one or more blocks, and receiving, by a finite state machine (FSM), the result from the first comparator as a first input, receiving a pulse based on the selected period of the timer tick from the first multiplexor as a second input, and based on the first and second inputs generating an output indicating whether the current and previous states remain unchanged after a time of at least two timer ticks. In one embodiment, a result from the first comparator indicates whether the current state equals the previous state of the one or more blocks.


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