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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Raghu G. GopalaKrishnaSetty, Bangalore, IN;
Ankit N. Kagliwal, Nagpur, IN;
Sridhar H. Rangarajan, Bangalore, IN;
James D. Warnock, Somers, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method includes receiving a circuit design comprising an input scan chain comprising a plurality of latches connected by one or more scan connections, dividing the plurality of latches into one or more clusters, determining a number of scan controls for each cluster, placing the determined scan controls in selected locations; and adjusting the scan connections based on the scan control location. A corresponding computer system and computer program product are also disclosed.