Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Test circuit capable of measuring PLL clock signal in ATPG mode
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Application No.: US15466001Application Date: 2017-03-22
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Publication No.: US10261128B2Publication Date: 2019-04-16
- Inventor: Pramod Kumar , Vinay Kumar
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Coppell
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics, Inc.
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Coppell
- Agency: Crowe & Dunlevy
- Main IPC: G01R31/317
- IPC: G01R31/317 ; G01R31/3177

Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a test circuit for a device under test. The test circuit includes a scan chain configured to receive test pattern data and to shift the test pattern data to the device under test, and being clocked by a reference clock, and a clock circuit configured to operate in either a clock generation mode or a frequency determination mode. The clock circuit, when in the clock generation mode and when the test circuit is in a normal mode of operation, is configured to pass a first clock signal to the device under test. The clock circuit, when in the clock generation mode and when the test circuit is in a test mode of operation, is configured to pass the reference clock to the device under test. The clock circuit, when in the frequency determination mode, counts a frequency of the first clock signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180275197A1 TEST CIRCUIT CAPABLE OF MEASURING PLL CLOCK SIGNAL IN ATPG MODE Public/Granted day:2018-09-27
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