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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 1990
Filed:
Dec. 12, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Christopher D Sonnek, North St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R / ; G01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3241 / ; 3241 / ; 307474 ; 371 221 ;
Abstract
A test circuit for the output buffer of an integrated circuit permits testing for faults in the electrical connection of the output buffer to external conductors on a printed circuit board and for faults in the output buffer itself. A tester device supplies two test control signals to the test circuit for causing the output of the output buffer to be forced high, to be forced low, to pass the logic level of the internal data signal provided to the input of the output buffer, or to go into a tri-state (high impedance) condition.