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Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2024

Filed:

Feb. 24, 2023
Applicant:

Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);

Inventors:

Prakash Narayanan, Karnataka, IN;

Rubin A. Parekhji, Karnataka, IN;

Arvind Jain, Karnataka, IN;

Sundarrajan Subramanian, Karnataka, IN;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/00 (2006.01); G01R 31/3177 (2006.01); G01R 31/3185 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/3177 (2013.01); G01R 31/318536 (2013.01); G01R 31/318547 (2013.01);
Abstract

Electronic scan circuitry includes a decompressor (), a plurality of scan chains () fed by the decompressor (), a scan circuit () coupled to the plurality of scan chains () to scan them in and out, a masking circuit () fed by the scan chains (), and a scannable masking qualification circuit () coupled to the masking circuit (), the masking qualification circuit () scannable by scan-in of bits by the decompressor () along with scan-in of the scan chains (), and the scannable masking qualification circuit () operable to hold such scanned-in bits upon scan-out of the scan chains through the masking circuit (). Other scan circuitry, processes, circuits, devices and systems are also disclosed.


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