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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:
Oct. 07, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2004
Applicants:
Leendert M. Huisman, South Burlington, VT (US);
William V. Huott, Holmes, NY (US);
Franco Motika, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Leah M. Pfeifer Pastel, Essex, VT (US);
Inventors:
Leendert M. Huisman, South Burlington, VT (US);
William V. Huott, Holmes, NY (US);
Franco Motika, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Leah M. Pfeifer Pastel, Essex, VT (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/28 (2006.01); G11C 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one aspect, an electronic device that has been partitioned into segments by using clock gating or signal gating is tested. One of the segments that is a source of a failure is identified. Diagnostic procedures are applied to the identified segment to determine a cause of the failure.