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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:
Jan. 13, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Rizwan M. Farooq, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/317 ; G06F 1/125 ; G11C 2/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/317 ; G06F 1/125 ; G11C 2/900 ;
Abstract
A method of testing a port register of an integrated network device includes establishing a programmable value for a register of an integrated network device. The register is programmed with a prescribed value configured to represent the programmable value. A read value is read from the register following the programming with the prescribed value. The programming step is validated by comparing the read value with the programmable value.