Patent ID: 8112685
Filing Date: 2012-02-07
Classification: G01R,G06F

Abstract:
1. A programmable access test compression architecture comprising: A. functional circuitry having test stimulus inputs and test response outputs; B. scan path circuits, each scan path circuit having a scan input, a scan output, a clock input, a scan enable input, stimulus outputs coupled to the stimulus inputs of the functional logic, and response inputs coupled to the response outputs of the functional logic; C. decompressor circuitry having compressed data inputs and having outputs connected to the scan inputs of the scan path circuits; D. compactor circuitry having inputs connected to the scan outputs of the scan path circuits and having compressed data outputs; E. a serial compressed data input coupled to the compressed data inputs of the decompressor circuitry; F. a serial compressed data output coupled to the compressed data outputs of the compactor circuitry; G. a first clock input coupled to the scan path circuits, the decompressor circuitry, and the compressor circuitry; and H. a select input coupled to the scan path circuits, the decompressor circuitry, and the compressor circuitry.