Clock stopping schemes for data buffer

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1996-05-01

1999-05-04

Callahan, Timothy P.

Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and

Signal converting, shaping, or generating

Particular stable state circuit

327156, 327142, H03L 706

Patent

active

059007575

ABSTRACT:
A circuit is disclosed which allows an IN-Test to be performed on an integrated circuit (IC) without having to stop the external clock sources by disabling the IC's internal phase-locked loops. Information indicative of the IC's clock mode and of the desired stop mode is contained within the IC's clock control register. In one embodiment, the internal clocks may be stopped in either of three stop modes while operating in one of three clock modes. When it is desired to stop the IC's internal clocks, the clock control register provides a stop instruction signal STOP.sub.-- INSTR to a clock control circuit which, depending upon the particular stop mode and clock mode encoded in signal STOP.sub.-- INSTR by the clock control register, asserts a enabling signal to a disable clock circuit. In response to this active-high enabling signal, the disable clock circuit asserts a zero feedback signal to the internal phase-locked loops of the IC and thereby forces the voltage controlled oscillators within the phase-locked loops to hold internal clocks low. In this manner, the IC internal clocks may be stopped to allow a test vector to be scanned out of the IC during an IN-Test without stopping the external clock source.

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patent: 5473767 (1995-12-01), Kardach et al.
patent: 5481731 (1996-01-01), Conary et al.

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