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Insertion of test points in RTL designs

US6301688A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 24, 1998
Grant dateOct 9, 2001
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Expiry dateNov 24, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01R31/318378
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method is disclosed for inserting test points in RTL VHDL designs or other high level circuit designs such that after a synthesis process the resulting gate-level design contains test points which improves fault coverage in a Full Scan BIST environment.

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