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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. 26, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 08, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Alberto Macchi, Milan, IT;
Assignee:
Bull HN Information Systems Italia S.p.A., Milan, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
714726 ;
Abstract
Integrated circuit component with terminals for connection to an external communication channel or bus, serial test interface and a configuration register whose content defines operational modes of the integrated circuit, in which the configuration register is loaded with a default configuration, applied externally, through the serial test interface in the course of an initializing phase in which a reset signal applied to the integrated circuit is asserted and in which the default configuration is modifiable via SW or FW, through the external communication channel when the reset signal is deasserted.