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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2012
Applicant:
Lsi Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Inventors:
Narendra B. Devta Prasanna, San Jose, CA (US);
Saket K. Goyal, San Ramon, CA (US);
Vankat Rajesh Atluri, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
LSI Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/22 (2006.01); G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus having a core and one or more logic blocks is disclosed. The core may be embedded within the apparatus. The core is generally (i) configured to perform a function and (ii) wrapped internally by a first scan chain before being embedded within the apparatus. The logic blocks may be (i) positioned external to the core and (ii) coupled to one or more parallel interfaces of the first scan chain. A second scan chain may be configured to wrap both the logic blocks and the core.