Patent ID: 6335645
Filing Date: 2002-01-01
Classification: G01R,H03L

Abstract:
A semiconductor integrated circuit having a built-in self-test circuit, comprising:a control signal producing circuit for receiving an external clock signal, receiving a first enabling signal which is asynchronous with the external clock signal and has a level change occurring just after or just before a particular level change of the external clock signal, producing a second enabling signal synchronized with the external clock signal on condition that a level of the second enabling signal is risen at a time which is later than a time of the particular level change of the external clock signal by a prescribed number of clocks of the external clock signal, and outputting the second enabling signal; a synchronization circuit for receiving the external clock signal according to the level change of the first enabling signal, performing a reset operation in a reset time-period from the time of the particular level change of the external clock signal to the level rising time of the second enabling signal, receiving the second enabling signal produced by the control signal producing circuit, and producing a test signal synchronized with the external clock signal according to the second enabling signal; and first arithmetic logic means for receiving the second enabling signal produced by the control signal producing circuit and the test signal produced by the synchronization circuit, performing a logical multiply operation for the second enabling signal and the test signal to obtain the test signal as a result of the logical multiply operation, and outputting the test signal obtained as a result of the logical multiply operation to a to-be-self-tested circuit.