Patent ID: 6986088
Filing Date: 2006-01-10
Classification: G11C

Abstract:
1. A method for reducing a current consumption of an electronic circuit having at least a first test module and a second test module for testing the electronic circuit, the first test module and the second module each having at least one decoder and at least one test function block, the method which comprises: using the decoder of the first test module to connect the first test module to a first element selected from a group consisting of at least one line of the electronic circuit and a connection of the electronic circuit; using the decoder of the second test module to connect the second test module to a second element selected from a group consisting of at least one line of the electronic circuit and a connection of the electronic circuit; and generating a global test control signal that is used to at least partially decouple the first test module from the first element of the electronic circuit and that is used to at least partially decouple the second test module from the second element of the electronic circuit such that, in an operating mode of the electronic circuit, switching currents are prevented in the first test module and in the second test module.