Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Semiconductor integrated circuit incorporating test configuration and test method for the same
- Patent Title (中): 半导体集成电路结合测试配置和测试方法相同
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Application No.: US11397899Application Date: 2006-04-05
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Publication No.: US07702979B2Publication Date: 2010-04-20
- Inventor: Masayuki Arai , Kazuhiko Iwasaki , Satoshi Fukumoto , Takeshi Shoda , Junichi Nishimoto
- Applicant: Masayuki Arai , Kazuhiko Iwasaki , Satoshi Fukumoto , Takeshi Shoda , Junichi Nishimoto
- Applicant Address: JP Yokohama-Shi
- Assignee: Semiconductor Technology Academic Research Center
- Current Assignee: Semiconductor Technology Academic Research Center
- Current Assignee Address: JP Yokohama-Shi
- Agency: Staas & Halsey LLP
- Priority: JP2005-109537 20050406
- Main IPC: G01R31/28
- IPC: G01R31/28

Abstract:
An object of the invention is to drastically reduce the area overhead in a semiconductor integrated circuit incorporating a test configuration that uses a partially rotational scan circuit. To achieve this, in the semiconductor integrated circuit incorporating the test configuration that comprises a combinational circuit (3) and a scan chain (2) constructed by connecting a plurality of scan flip-flops (5) in a chain, the scan chain (2) is divided into a plurality of sub scan-chains (20a to 20n) each of which has a partially rotational scan (PRS) function and a test response compaction (MISR) function. By performing a scan test in a plurality of steps while changing the combination of the sub scan-chains to be set as PRS and the sub scan-chains to be set as MISR, the test can be performed without having to provide a test response compactor separately from the scan chain, and thus the area overhead can be reduced.
Public/Granted literature
- US20060282730A1 Semiconductor integrated circuit incorporating test configuration and test method for the same Public/Granted day:2006-12-14
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