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Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014

Filed:

Jul. 09, 2012
Applicants:

Hiroyuki Iwata, Kanagawa, JP;

Jun Matsushima, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Hiroyuki Iwata, Kanagawa, JP;

Jun Matsushima, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/28 (2006.01); G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/505 (2013.01); G06F 2217/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

An arithmetic processor executes analysis processing for analyzing a probability that an output value of the scan flip-flop circuit after the capturing operation becomes a given logical state, and scan chain structure processing for structuring a scan chain for a plurality of scan flip-flop circuits having the same degree of probability that the output value after the capturing operation becomes the given logical state, on the basis of a result of the analyzing processing. The scan chain lower in a transition probability during the scan operation is formed so that a power consumption during a scan test can be reduced.


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