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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 22, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Christopher John Sine, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Alper Ilkbahar, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Scott W. Murray, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 1/716 ; G06F 1/26 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 1/716 ; G06F 1/26 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing controllable compensation factors to a compensated driver circuit which may be used to perform testing of the structural integrity of the compensated driver circuit. One disclosed apparatus includes a compensated driver circuit having a number of subcomponents. At least one compensation factor, which may be provided by a compensation circuit, controls which of the subcomponents to enable. An additional circuit is coupled to provide controllable values for the at least one compensation factor.