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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:
Sep. 04, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2004
Applicants:
Joseph A. Curcio, Jr., Folsom, CA (US);
John A. Wickeraad, Granite Bay, CA (US);
Inventors:
Joseph A. Curcio, Jr., Folsom, CA (US);
John A. Wickeraad, Granite Bay, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/28 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) and methods are provided which allow for internal testing of an ASIC. One ASIC embodiment includes a processor on the ASIC. A memory is coupled to the processor. A test circuit is integrated on the ASIC and coupled to the processor to perform testing internal to the ASIC, the test circuit having an input to receive signals from the processor. The processor can read an output of the test circuit to determine a performance speed of the ASIC.