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Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013

Filed:

Feb. 03, 2009
Applicants:

Jaydev Amit Shelat, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Zunhang Yu Kasnavi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Dhananjay Srinivasa Raghavan, Campbell, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jaydev Amit Shelat, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Zunhang Yu Kasnavi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Dhananjay Srinivasa Raghavan, Campbell, CA (US);

Assignee:

Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/3187 (2006.01); G01R 31/26 (2006.01); G01R 31/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/2884 (2013.01); G01R 31/2831 (2013.01);
Abstract

Programmable delay test circuitry is provided for testing a circuit under test on an integrated circuit. Delay test circuitry may use logic circuitry to output an error signal when a delay time provided by the circuit under test is greater than a characteristic time that may be programmed into the programmable delay test circuitry. Programmable delay test circuitry may use a logic gate to provide a pulse that has a pulse width equal to the delay of the delay circuitry. Programmable delay test circuitry may contain a programmable load that may be programmed to have a characteristic time. Programmable delay test circuitry may assert an error signal when the delay time is greater than the characteristic time of the test circuitry.


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