Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for dynamic standard test access (DSTA) for a logic block reuse
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Application No.: US15336736Application Date: 2016-10-27
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Publication No.: US10451676B2Publication Date: 2019-10-22
- Inventor: Milind Sonawane , Amit Sanghani , Shantanu Sarangi , Jonathon E. Colburn , Bala Tarun Nelapatla , Sailendra Chadalavda , Rajendra Kumar Reddy.S , Mahmut Yilmaz , Pavan Kumar Datla Jagannadha
- Applicant: NVIDIA Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Nvidia Corporation
- Current Assignee: Nvidia Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Main IPC: G01R31/317
- IPC: G01R31/317 ; G01R31/3177 ; G01R31/26 ; G01R31/28 ; G01R31/3185 ; G06F11/00

Abstract:
A method for testing. An external clock frequency is generated. Test data is supplied over a plurality of SSI connections clocked at the external clock frequency, wherein the test data is designed for testing a logic block. A DSTA module is configured for the logic block that is integrated within a chip to a bandwidth ratio, wherein the bandwidth ratio defines the plurality of SSI connections and a plurality of PSI connections of the chip. The external clock frequency is divided down using the bandwidth ratio to generate an internal clock frequency, wherein the bandwidth ratio defines the external clock frequency and the internal clock frequency. The test data is scanned over the plurality of PSI connections clocked at the internal clock frequency according to the bandwidth ratio, wherein the plurality of PSI connections is configured for inputting the test data to the plurality of scan chains.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170115345A1 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC STANDARD TEST ACCESS (DSTA) FOR A LOGIC BLOCK REUSE Public/Granted day:2017-04-27
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