Invention Grant
US07671618B2 Analog IC having test arrangement and test method for such an IC
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具有这种IC的测试布置和测试方法的模拟IC
- Patent Title: Analog IC having test arrangement and test method for such an IC
- Patent Title (中): 具有这种IC的测试布置和测试方法的模拟IC
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Application No.: US12091026Application Date: 2006-10-20
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Publication No.: US07671618B2Publication Date: 2010-03-02
- Inventor: Amir Zjajo , Hendrik J Bergveld , Rodger F Schuttert , Jose De Jesus Pineda De Gyvez
- Applicant: Amir Zjajo , Hendrik J Bergveld , Rodger F Schuttert , Jose De Jesus Pineda De Gyvez
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: NXP B.V.
- Current Assignee: NXP B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- Priority: EP05110048 20051026
- International Application: PCT/IB2006/053878 WO 20061020
- International Announcement: WO2007/049210 WO 20070503
- Main IPC: G01R31/26
- IPC: G01R31/26

Abstract:
An integrated circuit (IC) comprises a plurality of analog stages (10a-c), each of the analog stages being conductively coupled to a power supply (20; 20a-c), and being conductively coupled to each other by a signal path (12); and a test arrangement for testing the plurality of analog stages, the test arrangement comprising input means such as an analog bus (40) coupled to a signal path input of each analog stage from the plurality of analog stages, output means such as a further analog bus (50) for communicating a test result to an output of the integrated circuit, switching means such as a plurality of switches (36) in the biasing infrastructure of the IC for selectively disabling an analog stage, and control means such a shift register (60) for controlling the switching means. Consequently, the analog stages of the IC can be tested and debugged in isolation without the need for switches in the signal path through the cores. A current sensor (70) may be present in the power supply to facilitate structural testing of the analog stages in isolation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090134904A1 ANALOG IC HAVING TEST ARRANGEMENT AND TEST METHOD FOR SUCH AN IC Public/Granted day:2009-05-28
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