Inventor · Boulder, CO, US

Thomas W. Williams

29Patents
18h-index
23Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 30, 1976 → May 12, 2010

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4503386A Chip partitioning aid (CPA)-A structure for test pattern generation for large logic networks Electricity 65 Expired
US6385750B1 Method and system for controlling test data volume in deterministic test pattern generation Physics 54 Expired
US6615380B1 Dynamic scan chains and test pattern generation methodologies therefor Physics 53 Expired
US6950974B1 Efficient compression and application of deterministic patterns in a logic BIST architecture Physics 51 Expired
US4293919A Level sensitive scan design (LSSD) system Physics 48 Expired
US6993694B1 Deterministic bist architecture including MISR filter Physics 41 Expired
US4509008A Method of concurrently testing each of a plurality of interconnected integrated circuit chips Physics 39 Expired
US4063080A Method of propagation delay testing a level sensitive array logic system Electricity 39 Expired
US6807646B1 System and method for time slicing deterministic patterns for reseeding in logic built-in self-test Physics 34 Expired
US4051352A Level sensitive embedded array logic system Electricity 33 Expired
US4074851A Method of level sensitive testing a functional logic system with embedded array Electricity 28 Expired
US6434733B1 System and method for high-level test planning for layout Physics 26 Expired
US6405355B1 Method for placement-based scan-in and scan-out ports selection Physics 25 Expired
US6990619B1 System and method for automatically retargeting test vectors between different tester types Physics 24 Expired
US6631344B1 Method and system for performing deterministic analysis and speculative analysis for more efficient automatic test pattern generation Physics 20 Expired
US4277699A Latch circuit operable as a D-type edge trigger Electricity 20 Expired
US6766501B1 System and method for high-level test planning for layout Physics 19 Expired
US4071902A Reduced overhead for clock testing in a level system scan design (LSSD) system Physics 19 Expired
US7418640B2 Dynamically reconfigurable shared scan-in test architecture Physics 18 Expired
US6453437B1 Method and system for performing transition fault simulation along long circuit paths for high-quality automatic test pattern generation Physics 16 Expired
US7900105B2 Dynamically reconfigurable shared scan-in test architecture Physics 15 Active
US7814444B2 Scan compression circuit and method of design therefor Physics 12 Active
US4726023A Determination of testability of combined logic end memory by ignoring memory Physics 7 Expired
US7774663B2 Dynamically reconfigurable shared scan-in test architecture Physics 7 Active
US7669098B2 Method and apparatus for limiting power dissipation in test Physics 7 Active

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