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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:
Feb. 24, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Martin Vorbach, Karlsruhe, DE;
Robert Münch, Karlsruhe, DE;
Assignee:
Pact XPP Technologies AG, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/128 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/128 ;
Abstract
An arrangement and a method are provided for replacing defective units, which can be any desired unit of a chip (e.g., arithmetic and logic units), with a function unit. The arrangement and the method provide for performing self-tests more easily, less expensively and before or during a running of an application program. Fault tolerance is greatly enhanced during operation, which is advantageous for failure-critical applications such as in power plants, aviation, space travel or the military, for example.