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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2014
Globalfoundries Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Tilman Gloekler, Gaertringen, DE;
Andreas Koenig, Boeblingen, DE;
Jens Kuenzer, Böblingen, DE;
Cedric Lichtenau, Stuttgart, DE;
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC., Grand Cayman, KY;
Abstract
The invention relates to an electronic circuit () having one or more latch scan chains (), the electronic circuit () comprising (i) a built-in test structure (); (ii) generation means () for simultaneously generating scan-in data for each of said scan chains (); (iii) interception means () for simultaneously intercepting test lines () of said scan chains (), said test lines () comprising scan-in lines () and/or control lines (). Said interception means () are responsive to said generation means () in order to simultaneously feed the generated scan-in data into each of said scan chains () for initializing the electronic circuit (). The invention further relates to a method for initializing an electronic circuit (), as well as a data processing system () for initializing an electronic circuit ().