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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2023
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Prakash Narayanan, Karnataka, IN;
Rubin A. Parekhji, Karnataka, IN;
Arvind Jain, Karnataka, IN;
Sundarrajan Subramanian, Karnataka, IN;
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
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.