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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2010
Applicants:
Mujibur Rahman, Plano, TX (US);
Timothy Anderson, Dallas, TX (US);
Alan Hales, Richardson, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An embodiment of the invention provides system for detecting faults on a test chain. A circuit provides a test signal to an input of a test chain. The test chain includes a plurality of buffers connected in series. A register receives a logical value representing the output of the test chain. The register sends the logical value representing the output of the test chain to test circuitry where the value is observed.