Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Scan warmup scheme for mitigating di/dt during scan test
- Patent Title (中): 扫描预热方案,以减轻扫描测试期间的di / dt
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Application No.: US13773501Application Date: 2013-02-21
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Publication No.: US09291676B2Publication Date: 2016-03-22
- Inventor: Atchyuth K Gorti , Aditya Jagirdar , Bikash Kumar Agarwal , Eric Quinnell
- Applicant: ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Main IPC: G01R31/28
- IPC: G01R31/28 ; G01R31/3185

Abstract:
We report methods relating to scan warmup of integrated circuit devices. One such method may comprise loading a scan test stimulus to and unloading a scan test response from a first set of logic elements of an integrated circuit device at a scan clock first frequency equal to a test clock frequency; adjusting the scan clock from the first frequency to a second frequency by a scan warmup unit, wherein the scan clock second frequency is equal to a system clock frequency; and capturing the scan test response by a shift logic at the scan clock second frequency. We also report processors containing components configured to implement the method, and fabrication of such processors. The methods and their implementation may reduce di/dt events otherwise commonly occurring when testing logic elements of integrated circuit devices.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140237312A1 Scan Warmup Scheme for Mitigating DI/DT During Scan Test Public/Granted day:2014-08-21
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