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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2004
Dinesh Maheshwari, Fremont, CA (US);
Andrew Wright, Fremont, CA (US);
Dinesh Maheshwari, Fremont, CA (US);
Andrew Wright, Fremont, CA (US);
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Built-in self-test (BIST) devices and methods are disclosed. A BIST section () according to one embodiment can include a built-in seed value memory () that stores multiple seed values. In a BIST operation, a seed value can be transferred from a built-in seed memory () to a test pattern generator () to generate multiple test patterns for scan chains (-to-). Successive seed values can be transferred to generate multiple test patterns sets at a clock speed and/or to achieve a desired test coverage.
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