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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1996
Yervant David Lepejian, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Hrant Marandjian, Yerevan, AM;
Hovhannes Ghukasyan, Yerevan, AM;
Lawrence Kraus, San Jose, CA (US);
Credence Systems Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and circuit are provided for generating a minimum-sized address filter to detect when the address space of an embedded memory having a smaller address space than another larger embedded memory is being exceeded. The method includes decomposing a maximum address into alternating sequences of consecutive binary ones (1's) and zeros (0's), discarding a final sequence if it contains binary 1's, and generating a filter circuit from a filter function formed from the alternating sequences of consecutive binary 1's and 0's. A built-in self test (BIST) circuit incorporating the address filter provides the ability to test a plurality of embedded memories at full speed in parallel. A computer system including a computer program for generating the filter circuit may also be provided.