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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2005
Pamela S. Gillis, Jericho, VT (US);
David D. Litten, Jericho, VT (US);
Steven F. Oakland, Colchester, VT (US);
Pamela S. Gillis, Jericho, VT (US);
David D. Litten, Jericho, VT (US);
Steven F. Oakland, Colchester, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A boundary scan register circuit and a method of characterization testing. The boundary scan register circuit, including: a multiplicity of boundary scan cells connected in series, each boundary scan cell having a latch; means for isolating the boundary scan cells into one or more boundary scan segments, each boundary scan segment containing a different set of the boundary scan cells; and means for characterizing signal propagation through each boundary scan segment.