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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:
Oct. 20, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mihai G Statovici, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
371 271 ;
Abstract
An improved circuit tester allows for increased storage of test vectors in existing memory structures by noting where segments of test vectors repeat and storing such segments only once, then further utilizing memory space corresponding to otherwise unused test channels. Switching circuitry is included to selectively forward signals to and from a designated, multi-source conductor.