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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2022
Stmicroelectronics International N.v., Geneva, CH;
Ankur Bal, Greater Noida, IN;
Rupesh Singh, Ghaziabad, IN;
STMicroelectronics International N.V., Geneva, CH;
Abstract
A serial-connection is tested by transmitting a PRBS generated using a kth-order monic-polynomial from transmission-circuitry to reception-circuitry, and determining operation is proper based upon the PRBS received. The PRBS is formed by generating x intermediate-words of the PRBS, x being a result of an integer-divide between a total number of bits in the PRBS and a bit-width of a serializer that transmits the PRBS, generating a leading-word of the PRBS as having first y-bits of the PRBS as its LSBs, y being based upon a modulo-divide between the total number of bits in the PRBS and x, and generating a trailing-word of the PRBS as having last z-bits of the PRBS as its MSBs, z being based upon a difference between a result of the modulo-divide and y. The PRBS is transmitted sequentially as the leading-word of the PRBS, the intermediate-words of the PRBS, and the trailing-word of the PRBS.