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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:
Sep. 30, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Zwie Amitai, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mark Muegge, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Quality Semiconductor, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
371 223 ; 326 16 ;
Abstract
A fast transmission, integrated circuit switching device responsive to at least one external on/off control signal, and including a first input/output node, and a second input/output node, the switching device operative to pass or block the bidirectional transmission of external data signals between the first node and the second node, the switching device comprising a bidirectional field-effect transistor; a first scan cell; and a second scan cell; whereby input and output data signals of the switching device may be sensed and stored.