Patent ID: 7436207

Claim:
An integrated circuit device having at least one of a plurality of bond pads with a selectable plurality of input-output functionalities coupled thereto, comprising: a plurality of bond pads; a digital buffer having an enable input and an output, wherein the output is coupled to a one of the plurality of bond pads; a digital receiver having an input coupled to the one of the plurality of bond pads; an oscillator having an input coupled to the one of the plurality of bond pads; a comparator having first and second analog inputs, wherein the second analog input is coupled to another one of the plurality of bond pads; and a first analog switch coupled between the first analog input of the comparator and the one of the plurality of bond pads, wherein the enable input of the digital buffer enables and disables the output thereof, and the first analog switch couples and decouples the first analog input of the comparator to and from the one of the plurality of bond pads, respectively.