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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Zhaohui Shen, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Daniel Watkins, Saratoga, CA (US);
Assignee:
LSI Logic Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/750 ; H03K 1/7693 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/750 ; H03K 1/7693 ;
Abstract
A system for designing an integrated circuit (IC). The system generally comprising a circuit and a programmable portion used for diagnostics and finding bugs. The circuit generally comprises (i) a functional portion and (ii) a logic portion that may be connected to the functional portion. The logic portion generally includes one or more interfaces. The programmable portion may be configured to detect, correct and/or diagnose errors in the logic portion through the one or more interfaces.