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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2019
Applicant:
Synopsys, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Emil Gizdarski, Cupertino, CA (US);
Peter Wohl, Williston, VT (US);
John A. Waicukauski, Tualatin, OR (US);
Assignee:
Synopsys, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/28 (2006.01); G01R 31/3185 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/318536 (2013.01); G01R 31/318547 (2013.01); G01R 31/318572 (2013.01); G01R 31/318591 (2013.01);
Abstract
A proposed linear time compactor (LTC) with a means of significantly reducing the X-masking effect for designs with X's and supports high levels of test data compression where: