Patent ID: 6195774
Filing Date: 2001-02-27
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
A method for performing Boundary-Scan Test procedures on an integrated circuit device including a Boundary-Scan architecture, the method comprising the steps of:generating a Boundary-Scan Test application procedural interface (BST API) including one or more objects that define the Boundary-Scan architecture and a plurality of source code commands using an object oriented, platform independent programming language, wherein the objects and source code commands are defined using basic command structures of the object oriented, platform independent programming language such that the BST API operates on a plurality of hardware platforms;generating a Boundary-Scan Test procedure including selected source code commands defined in the BST API, wherein the selected source code commands of the Boundary-Scan Test procedure are executable on any of the plurality of hardware platforms; andperforming the Boundary-Scan Test procedures on the integrated circuit device using a selected one of the plurality of hardware platforms.