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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:
Jun. 14, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2002
Applicant:
Joseph R. Siegel, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Inventor:
Joseph R. Siegel, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Assignee:
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R031/28 ; G11C019/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A dynamic sequential device is provided that is adapted for scan control and observation. The dynamic sequential device may be scanned in-circuit as part of a scan chain in a VLSI device or it may be scanned as a discrete device. The dynamic sequential device maintains performance with respect to speed while allowing control and observation of its internal machine states.