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Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018

Filed:

Oct. 09, 2013
Applicant:

Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Amit Sanghani, San Jose, CA (US);

Farideh Golshan, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Venkata Kottapalli, Fremont, CA (US);

Milind Sonawane, Syracuse, CA (US);

Ketan Kulkarni, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

NVIDIA CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/3185 (2006.01); G01R 31/3177 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/318586 (2013.01); G01R 31/3177 (2013.01);
Abstract

Efficient scan system presented can comprise: an array including a plurality of array non scannable components and a plurality of array quasi-scannable components wherein each column of the array includes at least one of the plurality of array quasi-scannable components; and an input interface configured to receive and selectively forward data and scan information to at least a portion of the array. At least a portion of the plurality of array quasi-scannable components can form a diagonal pattern in the array. The input interface can include: an input interface selection component wherein an output of the input interface selection component is communicatively coupled to an input of the input interface quasi-scannable component associated with one row and an input of the input interface selection component is communicatively coupled to an output of one of the plurality of array quasi-scannable components associated with another row.


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