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Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014

Filed:

Dec. 30, 2011
Applicants:

Love Kothari, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

James Bennett, Hroznetin, CZ;

Zhongmin Zhang, Fremont, CA (US);

Inventors:

Love Kothari, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

James Bennett, Hroznetin, CZ;

Zhongmin Zhang, Fremont, CA (US);

Assignee:

Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An apparatus and method are disclosed for providing test mode contact pad reconfigurations that expose individual internal functional modules or block groups in an integrated circuit for testing and for monitoring. A plurality of switches between each functional module switches between passing internal signals among the blocks and passing in/out signals external to the block when one or more contact pads are strapped to input a pre-determined value. Another set of switches between the functional modules and input/output contact pads switch between functional inputs to and from the functional modules and monitored signals or input/output test signals according to the selected mode of operation.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Kothari, Love. (2014). Integrated circuit with an adaptable contact pad reconfiguring architecture (U.S. Patent No. 8744368). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8744368

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