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US08856720B2 Test coverage of integrated circuits with masking pattern selection
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用掩蔽图案选择测试集成电路的覆盖范围
- Patent Title: Test coverage of integrated circuits with masking pattern selection
- Patent Title (中): 用掩蔽图案选择测试集成电路的覆盖范围
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Application No.: US13733248Application Date: 2013-01-03
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Publication No.: US08856720B2Publication Date: 2014-10-07
- Inventor: Steven M. Douskey , Ryan A. Fitch , Michael J. Hamilton , Amanda R. Kaufer
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agent Jonathan V. Sry; Robert R. Williams
- Main IPC: G06F11/22
- IPC: G06F11/22 ; G06F17/50

Abstract:
A method of locating faulty logic on a semiconductor chip is disclosed. The method may include determining failure rates for the semiconductor chip, which contain one or more logic elements. The method also may include determining a masking pattern using failure rates. The masking pattern may mask less than all of the logic elements using a determination method. The method may also include applying a test vector to a selected logic element, wherein the result from a test vector is compared to a reference.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140189612A1 TEST COVERAGE OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS WITH MASKING PATTERN SELECTION Public/Granted day:2014-07-03
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