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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2016
Applicant:
Realtek Semiconductor Corp., HsinChu, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Realtek Semiconductor Corp., HsinChu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/317 (2006.01); G01R 31/3177 (2006.01); G01R 31/3185 (2006.01); G01R 31/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/3172 (2013.01); G01R 31/3177 (2013.01); G01R 31/31701 (2013.01); G01R 31/31705 (2013.01); G01R 31/31709 (2013.01); G01R 31/31713 (2013.01); G01R 31/318569 (2013.01);
Abstract
A circuit debugging method includes: utilizing a debugging circuit to determine an operating status of a specific circuit to generate a result; utilizing a register located in a scan chain path to store the result, wherein the scan chain path is arranged for a scan test; and utilizing an output pad located in the scan chain path to output the result, wherein the result is arranged to be indicative of the operating status of the specific circuit.