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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1997
Jonathan F Churchill, Reading, GB;
Neil P Raftery, Guildford, GB;
Colin J Hendry, South Maidenhead, GB;
Jeyakumar Shanmugam, San Jose, CA (US);
Mark A Finn, Mountain View, CA (US);
Thomas M Surrette, Saratoga, CA (US);
Cathal G Phelan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ashish Pancholy, Milpitas, CA (US);
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An integrated circuit including a first input for receiving a scan enable control signal and a second input for receiving a test mode control signal. The integrated circuit also includes a programmable scan circuit coupled to the first input and the second input. The programmable scan circuit configures the integrated device to operate in a default mode, a scan mode, or a test mode in response to the scan enable and test mode control signals.