Patent ID: 7892865

Claim:
A method of debugging a program in a single chip semiconductor integrated circuit device comprising a mask ROM and an internal bus to which said mask ROM is connected through metal wires, said method comprising: preparing a first semiconductor integrated circuit board comprising a first mask ROM in which a program is not stored and a first internal bus which is to be connected to said first mask ROM by using metal wires; electrically connecting a programmable ROM independent from said first semiconductor integrated circuit board with said first internal bus, with said first mask ROM electrically separated from said first internal bus; sealing said first semiconductor integrated circuit board and said programmable ROM in a semiconductor package to obtain a debugging semiconductor integrated circuit device; electrically programming, in said programmable ROM, a provisional program for operating said debugging semiconductor integrated circuit device; and determining an ultimate program by carrying out a test of said provisional program by operating said debugging semiconductor integrated circuit device using said provisional program, and by correcting said provisional program when there is an error in said provisional program.