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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2010
Applicants:
Teresa Louise Mclaurin, Dripping Springs, TX (US);
Gerard Richard Williams, Los Altos, CA (US);
Inventors:
Teresa Louise McLaurin, Dripping Springs, TX (US);
Gerard Richard Williams, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
ARM Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An integrated circuitprovided with multiple functional units, andfor performing data processing operations as part of advancing execution of a data processing task by the integrated circuit. Activity detection circuitrydetermines which of these functional circuits is inactive at the given time. If a functional is inactive, then scan control circuitrymay perform a scan test operation thereon using an associated serial scan chain