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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Weng F. Lee, Penang, MY;
Colin S. Bill, Cupertino, CA (US);
Feng Pan, San Jose, CA (US);
Edward V. Bautista, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Azrul Halim, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/128 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/128 ;
Abstract
There is provided a tester interface circuit for use with a BIST state machine and a method for micro-architectural implementation of the same so as to enable cycling through a BIST test. The tester interface circuit includes a storage device, a logic decoder, a set/clear mechanism, and a polling logic device. The tester interface circuit is implemented with a minimum amount of chip area on a semiconductor IC.