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Patent No.:

US 7502978 B1

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Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2009

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2005
Applicants:

John Bratt, Fort Collins, CO (US);

Jeffrey Rearick, Fort Collins, CO (US);

Inventors:

John Bratt, Fort Collins, CO (US);

Jeffrey Rearick, Fort Collins, CO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Systems and methods for reconfiguring scan chains are provided. A representative system incorporates a first scan chain of flip-flops operative in either a normal mode or a rotate mode such that, if the first scan chain is operative in the normal mode, inputs are provided to the flip-flops in sequential order with a first of the flip-flops receiving an input prior to a second of the flip-flops, and, if the first scan chain is operative in the rotate mode, inputs are provided to the flip-flops with the first of the flip-flops receiving an input subsequent to the second of the flip-flops.


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Bratt, John. (2009). Systems and methods for reconfiguring scan chains (U.S. Patent No. 7502978). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7502978

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