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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 03, 1997
Matthew D Pressly, Austin, TX (US);
Grady L Giles, Austin, TX (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
Wrapper cells (16 and 18) are coupled to inputs and outputs of an embedded core (14) within an integrated circuit (10). The wrapper cells (16 and 18) are used to test timing specifications of the embedded core after the embedded core has been integrated on-chip with other peripheral logic (12). In order to accurately measure the timing specifications, test circuits (FIGS. 6-8) are formed on chip with the wrapper where the test circuits are used to measure clock skew a like internal integrated circuit (IC) parameters. The clock skew and other measured internal IC parameters are used to accurately test the timing specification of the embedded core with reduced uncertainty.