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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:
Aug. 22, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 03, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas J Ebzery, Andover, MA (US);
Assignee:
VLSI Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
327185 ; 327202 ; 326 16 ; 371 221 ;
Abstract
A flip-flop has both a system output and a scan output. A system output signal for the flip-flop is placed on the system output. When the flip-flop is in a normal operating mode, a scan output signal on the scan output is held at a static logic level. When the flip-flop is in a scan mode, the scan output signal on the scan output transitions between logic 1 and logic 0 synchronous with transitions of the system output signal on the system output.