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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 1990
Filed:
Jun. 21, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Haluk Katircioglu, Irvine, CA (US);
John A De Beule, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Debaditya Mukherjee, El Toro, CA (US);
Gary C Whitlock, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Unisys Corporation, Blue Bell, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
371 165 ; 371 291 ;
Abstract
A VSLI chip is implemented with registers which log permanent and intermittent errors occurring within the chip as sensed by concurrent error detection circuitry (CED). If a fatal error is detected (one which would destroy the reliability of chip operations), then the chip is immobilized into a hold mode (freeze). Interrupts are signalled to a cooperating maintenance controller which can pass the error information to an external computer for display and for locating a faulty area.