Patent ID: 7219284
Filing Date: 2007-05-15
Classification: G01R,G06F

Abstract:
1. An integrated circuit comprising: A. functional circuitry formed on a semiconductor substrate, the functional circuit including logic circuits, stimulus input leads, and response output leads; B. scan path circuitry, formed on the substrate, of serially connected scan cells, the scan path circuit having stimulus output leads connected to the stimulus input leads and response input leads connected to the response output leads, the scan path circuit having a serial data input lead and a serial data output lead, the scan path circuit having control input leads for receiving control signals to control operation of the scan path circuit, the scan path circuit being organized in selectable, separate scan path parts, each scan path part having a serial input connected to the serial data input lead, a serial output lead selectively coupled to the serial data output lead, and a separate set of control input leads; and C. decode logic circuitry formed on the substrate, the decode logic circuitry having a scan clock SCANCK input lead, externally accessible control input leads, and a set of control output leads for each scan path part, each set of control output leads including a scan clock SCANCK part output lead and an enable buffer ENABUF part output lead.