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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2003
Masahiro Yokomichi, Chiba, JP;
Satoshi Machida, Chiba, JP;
Yoshihiro Shibuya, Chiba, JP;
Yukito Kawahara, Chiba, JP;
Minoru Ariyama, Chiba, JP;
Masahiro Yokomichi, Chiba, JP;
Satoshi Machida, Chiba, JP;
Yoshihiro Shibuya, Chiba, JP;
Yukito Kawahara, Chiba, JP;
Minoru Ariyama, Chiba, JP;
Seiko Instruments Inco., , JP;
Abstract
A scanning circuit has path switches connected between a plurality of data flip-flop circuits of the scanning circuit for sequentially reading an output signal in synchronism with a clock. A plurality of control signal lines select the path switches to arbitrarily skip reading of the flip-flop circuits that do not require the scanning circuit and always fix a potential of the skipped data flip-flop circuit. Only the arbitrary data is read, and in the case where unnecessary data exists, reading is skipped, to thereby increase the read rate.