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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2003
Moussa Sobaiti, Salinas, CA (US);
Robert Shrank, Salinas, CA (US);
Sudhakar Reddy, Milpitas, CA (US);
Yousif Jirjis, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Moussa Sobaiti, Salinas, CA (US);
Robert Shrank, Salinas, CA (US);
Sudhakar Reddy, Milpitas, CA (US);
Yousif Jirjis, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Integrated Device Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for burn-in of semiconductor devices is disclosed. A semiconductor device that includes built-in self test circuitry is coupled to a socket on a burn-in board. The burn in board and the semiconductor device are heated. Burn-in instructions can be transmitted to the semiconductor device through a JTAG terminal of the semiconductor device. Upon receiving a burn-in instruction through a JTAG terminal, the built-in self test circuitry is operable to perform one or more burn-in function. This allows for burn-in of a semiconductor device without any transfer of data through the data input terminals of the semiconductor device.