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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:
Dec. 25, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Toshinobu Ono, Tokyo, JP;
Tamaki Toumiya, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/128 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/128 ;
Abstract
In a method of test pattern generation for logic circuits, a whole circuit is divided into a plurality of partial circuits for test pattern generation by distributed-processing. ATG (Algorithmic Test Generation) process is performed per each of the partial circuits based on the result of RTG (Random Test Generation) process. Also disclosed are a test pattern generation system performing the method, and computer readable media having program for the test pattern generation system to perform the method.