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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2006
Moises Cases, Austin, TX (US);
Daniel N. DE Araujo, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Bradley D. Herrman, Cary, NC (US);
Erdem Matoglu, Austin, TX (US);
Bhyrav M. Mutnury, Austin, TX (US);
Pravin S. Patel, Cary, NC (US);
Nam H. Pham, Round Rock, TX (US);
Moises Cases, Austin, TX (US);
Daniel N. de Araujo, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Bradley D. Herrman, Cary, NC (US);
Erdem Matoglu, Austin, TX (US);
Bhyrav M. Mutnury, Austin, TX (US);
Pravin S. Patel, Cary, NC (US);
Nam H. Pham, Round Rock, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention is directed to an on-chip probing apparatus. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the on-chip probing apparatus includes: a plurality of switches on a chip; a plurality of externally accessible probe points on the chip; and a multiplexer for controlling the plurality of switches to selectively couple an output signal of the chip to one of the plurality of probe points.