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Programmable high speed array clock generator circuit for array built-in self test memory chips

US5386392A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 8, 1994
Grant dateJan 31, 1995
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Expiry dateJun 8, 2014

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03K5/1502
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An integrated circuit incorporating at least a SRAM that includes memory, a data-out shift register, an ABIST data compression circuit, a fail address register and an array clock generator (ACG), the ACG comprising a clock chopper that comprises a first AND gate having an inherent delay DEL1, a first input for receiving a D clock signal, a second input for receiving the D signal inverted by an invertor having an inherent delay DEL2, and an output that generates an ungated LSSSD C clock signal; and a second AND gate having an inherent delay DEL4, a first input connected to the output of an inverter having an inherent delay DEL3, the inverter is coupled to the invertor having the delay DEL2, a second input is controlled by the D clock signal and an output for generating LSSD clock signals B and S.

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