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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2004
Seiko Oosaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Koji Abe, Kawasaki, JP;
Hitoshi Watanabe, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A layout designing apparatus includes an input unit that receives an input of a frame having a boundary scan register, a placing unit that places an I/O macro to be connected to a signal terminal for propagating other signal than a test signal in an arbitrary I/O macro placement area of the frame input, a determining unit that determines whether a frame terminal at an arbitrary terminal position in the frame matches with at least one of a test terminal for propagating the test signal in the frame input and a signal terminal to be connected to the I/O macro placed, and a replacing unit that replaces, based on a result of determining by the determining unit, the I/O macro placed with either of a shared I/O macro and a test-only I/O macro.