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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Majid Ghameshlu, Wien, AT;
Karlheinz Krause, Planegg, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/128 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/128 ;
Abstract
The present invention, in addition to the number of connections required for the specified functions of an ASIC, provides an application specific module ASIC that has additional connections as spares for subsequent modification. Buffers, boundary scan devices and, possibly, basic logic function, are reserved for the additional connections, which may be arranged in a geometrically uniform distribution and which are intended as inputs or as outputs. In the event of a redesign, in particular in the event of only minor design corrections, the effort development costs and time is considerably reduced.