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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2004
Applicant:
Iain R. Clark, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Iain R. Clark, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
LSI Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A scan chain partition includes a serial input coupled to a scan input signal pin of a module under test. A plurality of scan sub-chains is coupled to the serial input. A scan sub-chain output multiplexer is coupled to the plurality of scan sub-chains for sequentially selecting only one of the scan sub-chains in response to a scan sub-chain control signal. A scan sub-chain controller generates the scan sub-chain control signal and gates a scan clock signal to only a scan clock input of the selected scan sub-chain.