Patent ID: 6978428

Claim:
A method of operating a plurality of different portions of an integrated circuit in more than one mode comprising: generating scripts that perform analysis tests of at least a part of said plurality of different portions of sold integrated circuit; generating parameters that control settings of components in at least a part of said plurality of different portions of said integrated circuit so that at least a part of said plurality of different portions of said integrated circuit operates in an analysis test mode and an operational mode; storing said scripts and said parameters in a mode register; applying control signals to said mode register to download a predetermined set of said scripts and said parameters from said mode register to at least a part of said plurality of different portions of said integrated circuit in accordance with said control signals; using said predetermined set of scripts and parameters in at least a part of said plurality of different portions of said integrated circuit to perform said analysis tests of at least a part of said plurality different portions of said integrated circuit; applying additional control signals to said mode register to download another predetermined set of parameters from said mode register to at least a part of said plurality of different portions of said integrated circuit in response to said additional control signals to cause at least a part of said plurality at different portions of said integrated circuit to operate in said operational mode; and disabling said mode register from said circuit after said analysis tests have been performed.