Patent ID: 7882474

Claim:
An integrated circuit, comprising: input/output (I/O) logic having output logic operating under a second clock signal to receive data from core logic to be output from the IC, the I/O logic including de-serializer logic, the de-serializer logic having multiplexing logic with a serial-format data input to receive data input to the IC, a first clock signal input, and a second clock signal input; clock phase test control logic coupled to a selector input of the multiplexing logic, the clock phase test control logic causing the multiplexing logic to select the first clock signal input, wherein the de-serializer logic produces parallel-format first clock data representing the first clock signal received from the multiplexing logic, and the clock phase test control logic causing the multiplexing logic to select the second clock signal input, wherein the de-serializer logic produces parallel-format second clock data representing the second clock signal received from the multiplexing logic; and comparison logic coupled to the de-serializer logic, the comparison logic comparing the parallel-format first clock data with the parallel-format second clock data in a bitwise comparison to determine clock signal transition differences represented by bit differences between the parallel-format first clock data and the parallel-format second clock data.