发明申请
- 专利标题: Scan Chain Disable Function for Power Saving
- 专利标题(中): 扫描链禁用功能用于省电
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申请号: US11552807申请日: 2006-10-25
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公开(公告)号: US20070061647A1公开(公告)日: 2007-03-15
- 发明人: Sang Dhong , Joel Silberman , Osamu Takahashi , James Warnock , Dieter Wendel
- 申请人: Sang Dhong , Joel Silberman , Osamu Takahashi , James Warnock , Dieter Wendel
- 主分类号: G01R31/28
- IPC分类号: G01R31/28
摘要:
An apparatus, a method and a computer program product are provided for conserving energy during functional mode of a processor by disabling the scan chain. By inserting logic gating into the scan chain it is possible to disable the scan chain during the processor's functional mode. During functional mode the scan out port of the latch bit in a scan chain toggles, which leads to unnecessary energy consumption. By gating scan control signals and the scan out port of a latch bit, the scan chain segment between latch bits can be disconnected. Therefore, the scan control signals can disable the scan chain during functional mode.
公开/授权文献
- US07962811B2 Scan chain disable function for power saving 公开/授权日:2011-06-14