Efficient wrapper cell design for scan testing of integrated

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PATENT NO 8738978
APP PUB NO 20130007547A1
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13173144

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An integrated circuit comprises scan test circuitry and additional circuitry subject to testing utilizing the scan test circuitry. The scan test circuitry comprises a plurality of scan chains, including at least one wrapper cell scan chain arranged between first and second circuitry cores of the additional circuitry, with the wrapper cell scan chain comprising a plurality of wrapper cells and being configurable to operate as a serial shift register in a scan shift mode of operation. At least one of the wrapper cells of the wrapper cell scan chain comprises a flip-flop having a throughput data path that is part of a scan shift path of the wrapper cell scan chain and not part of a functional path between the first and second circuitry cores. In an HDD controller embodiment, the first and second circuitry cores may comprise respective read channel and additional cores of a system-on-chip.

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AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL SALES PTE LIMITED1 YISHUN AVENUE 7 SINGAPORE 768923

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Chaudhuri, Partho Tapan Pune, IN 4 6
Kumar, Priyesh Pune, IN 7 46
Shah, Komal N Mumbai, IN 3 28
Tekumalla, Ramesh C Breinigsville, US 34 238

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