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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bernd K Koenemann, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Kenneth D Wagner, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
John A Waicukauski, Tulatin, OR (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
371 27 ; 364717 ;
Abstract
A hybrid random pattern self-test approach is employed in an on-chip fashion to provide desired test signals to circuits on the chip. A simplified weighting circuit is shown to be effective even when only a single bit from a linear feedback shift register is employed for random signal generation. The reduction in linear feedback shift register size and associated weighting circuitry enables the apparatus to be much more readily usable in an on-product configuration thus resulting in significant initial and subsequent test circuit advantages.