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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:
Apr. 13, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 25, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Phuc C Pham, Chandler, AZ (US);
Paul B Sofianos, Mesa, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3241 / ; 324 731 ; 371 226 ;
Abstract
An on-chip self-test circuit has been provided that allows for accurately testing a device such as prescaler at high frequencies. The on-chip self-test circuit includes a voltage controlled oscillator for providing high frequency signals to the device under test. The on-chip self-test circuit is rendered active only when one desires to test the device. Thus, when not testing, the on-chip self-test circuit is transparent to the device and consumes substantially zero power.