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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2015
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Saket Jalan, Bangalore, IN;
Mohammed Nabeel, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/177 (2006.01); H03K 19/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/17724 (2013.01); H03K 19/17736 (2013.01); H03K 19/1737 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device includes a plurality of functional logic blocks, a cascaded arrangement of multiplexers and a digital counter. Each of the plurality of functional logic blocks outputs a signals corresponding to nodes to be tested therein. The cascaded arrangement of multiplexers are arranged such that any of the outputs from any of the plurality of functional logic blocks may be selected for output. The digital counter is operable to control the cascaded arrangement of multiplexers so as to output signals from the functional logic blocks based on a counted signal.