Patent ID: 8805636
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A protocol specific circuit for simulating a functional operational environment into which a device-under-test is placed for functional testing, the device-under-test having multiple integrated circuit blocks in mutual asynchronous communication, the protocol specific circuit: being configured to receive at least one non-deterministic signal communicated by a device-under-test, comprising a protocol aware circuit configured to decode the at least one non-deterministic signal into at least two components selected from the list comprising a command component, an address component, and a data component, and, based on the at least two decoded components, to determine a structure and timing of test stimulus signals appropriate to the protocol of the non-deterministic signal, the protocol aware circuit configured to generate control signals to transfer the determined test stimulus signals to the device-under-test according to the determined timing, and being configured to control a transfer of at least one test stimulus signal from a test signal generator with the said structure and with said timing to the device-under-test.