发明名称 |
Special mode enable transparent to normal mode operation |
摘要 |
Circuit and method are presented for activating/deactivating a special operational mode at power-on of an integrated circuit device having no industry defined test state and/or dedicated test pin. The operational mode is enabled upon powering on the integrated circuit combined with detection of a predefined pattern of a first logic state and a second logic state clocked in successive cycles within a first standard input signal, such as an output enable signal, for a normal operating mode of the device. Special non-functional processing is then performed, such as reading prestored identification data from the integrated circuit and/or testing the integrated circuit via embedded test circuitry including boundary scan or other diagnostic circuitry. This special operational mode is deactivated upon receipt at the integrated circuit device of a second standard input signal, such as a write signal for a random access memory (RAM) device, of a predefined logic state (e.g., write enable state). Deactivating of the special operating mode is transparent to the normal response of the integrated circuit device to the second standard input signal.
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申请公布号 |
US5659508(A) |
申请公布日期 |
1997.08.19 |
申请号 |
US19950568411 |
申请日期 |
1995.12.06 |
申请人 |
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE CORPORATION |
发明人 |
LAMPHIER, STEVEN HARLEY;PETRUNICH, KEVIN GEORGE;PILO, HAROLD;ROSSI, RONALD DESALES;VERHELST, ROGER ANDREW;ZERR, PAUL STAFFORD |
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G01R31/317;(IPC1-7):G11C7/00;G11C8/00 |
主分类号 |
G01R31/317 |
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