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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 11, 2011
Applicants:

Jayabrata Gosh Dastidar, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Kalyana Ravindra Kantipudi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jayabrata Gosh Dastidar, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Kalyana Ravindra Kantipudi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/28 (2006.01); G01R 31/3185 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/318591 (2013.01); G01R 31/2882 (2013.01); G01R 31/318544 (2013.01);
Abstract

Circuits and a method for testing an integrated circuit (IC) are disclosed. A disclosed circuit block includes a selector circuit that is coupled to receive an enable signal and two clock signals. One of the two clock signals is selected as an output of the selector circuit based on the enable signal received. A storage element is coupled to receive the enable signal and the output of the selector circuit as a clock input signal. A logic gate is coupled to receive the output of the storage element and the enable signal. Another selector circuit is coupled to receive an output from the logic gate and the enable signal. The selector circuit selects either the output from the logic gate or the enable signal as a scan enable signal for a scan chain on the IC.


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