Patents Examined by Cynthia Britt
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Patent number: 11899066Abstract: In some examples, a computing device includes a first reset domain including a test controller and a configurable test logic. The computing device includes a second reset domain including a subsystem to be measured by the configurable test logic. The first reset domain is to enter a reset mode, and after exiting the reset mode, receive configuration information that configures the configurable test logic. The test controller of the first reset domain is to maintain the second reset domain in a reset mode after the first reset domain has exited the reset mode of the first reset domain, and responsive to the received configuration information for configuring the configurable test logic, provide a reset release indication to the second reset domain to allow the second reset domain to exit the reset mode of the second reset domain.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LPInventors: Naysen J. Robertson, Christopher M. Wesneski, Samuel Gonzalez
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Patent number: 11894084Abstract: Method, systems and apparatuses may provide for technology that executes a margin test of a first memory storage based on a subset of first signals associated with the first memory storage. The technology determines, based on the margin test, first margin data to indicate whether the first memory storage complies with one or more electrical constraints. The technology determines, based on the first margin data, whether to execute a signal training process.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2019Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Dujian Wu, Shijian Ge, Daocheng Bu
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Patent number: 11886313Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods are provided for temperature assisted non-volatile storage device management in a non-volatile storage system. In one embodiment, a non-volatile storage system may comprise a temperature sensor, a non-volatile storage device and a processor. The processor may be configured to obtain a read-out from the temperature sensor, generate a predicted real-time on-die temperature for the non-volatile storage device based on the read-out, generate an estimated threshold voltage for reading data stored in the non-volatile storage device based on the predicted real-time on-die temperature and conduct a local sweep of a reference voltage using the estimated threshold voltage as a starting point to obtain a final read reference voltage with a minimum read bit error rate.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Innogrit Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Gang Zhao, Lin Chen, Wei Jiang, Jie Chen, Tao Wei
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Patent number: 11881278Abstract: A redundant circuit assigning method a includes: first test item is executed and first test data is acquired; a first redundant circuit assigning result including the number of assigned local redundant circuits and position data of the assigned local redundant circuits is determined according to the first test data; a second test item is executed and second test data is acquired; when fail bits acquired during execution of the second test item include one or more fail bits beyond the repair range of the assigned local redundant circuits and assigned global redundant circuits, and the assignable redundant circuits have been assigned out, target position data of fail bits in a target subdomain and a related subdomain is acquired based on the first test data and the second test data; and a second redundant circuit assigning result is determined according to the first test data and the second test data.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: Yui-Lang Chen
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Patent number: 11879941Abstract: Testing of integrated circuits is achieved by a test architecture utilizing a scan frame input shift register, a scan frame output shift register, a test controller, and a test interface comprising a scan input, a scan clock, a test enable, and a scan output. Scan frames input to the scan frame input shift register contain a test stimulus data section and a test command section. Scan frames output from the scan frame output shift register contain a test response data section and, optionally, a section for outputting other data. The command section of the input scan frame controls the test architecture to execute a desired test operation.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2023Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventor: Lee D. Whetsel
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Patent number: 11875228Abstract: The examples disclosed herein provide classifying quantum errors. In particular, a classical computing system receives quantum error data from a first quantum computing device of a quantum computing system. The quantum error data includes error identification data and error correction data. The error identification data is associated with occurrence of a quantum error. The error correction data is associated with a corrective action taken by the first quantum computing device to correct the quantum error. The classical computing system determines an error type of the quantum error of the error identification data. The classical computing system associates an error classification tag with the quantum error data. The error classification tag identifies a quantum error type. The classical computing system sends the error classification tag to the first quantum computing device. The classical computing system processes a quantum computing request based on the error classification tag.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2022Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Coady, Leigh Griffin
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Patent number: 11867756Abstract: This disclosure describes a reduced pin bus that can be used on integrated circuits or embedded cores within integrated circuits. The bus may be used for serial access to circuits where the availability of pins on ICs or terminals on cores is limited. The bus may be used for a variety of serial communication operations such as, but not limited to, serial communication related test, emulation, debug, and/or trace operations of an IC or core design. Other aspects of the disclosure include the use of reduced pin buses for emulation, debug, and trace operations and for functional operations.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventor: Lee D. Whetsel
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Patent number: 11862268Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a test method and apparatus for a control chip, an electronic device, relating to the field of semiconductor device test technology. The method includes: reading first test vectors stored in a first target memory chip; sending the first test vectors to the control chip; receiving first output information returned by the control chip in response to the first test vectors; and acquiring a first test result of the control chip based on the first output information and the first test vectors corresponding to the first output information. By means of the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, a memory chip can be used for storing test vectors for a control chip, so that a storage space for test vectors can be enlarged, and the test efficiency can be increased.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Chuanqi Shi, Heng-Chia Chang, Li Ding, Jie Liu, Jun He, Zhan Ying
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Patent number: 11860228Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) chip device includes testing interface circuity and testing circuitry to test the operation of the IC chips of the IC chip device. The IC chip device includes a first IC chip that comprises first testing circuitry. The first testing circuitry receives a mode select signal, a clock signal, and encoded signals, and comprises finite state machine (FSM) circuitry, decoder circuitry, and control circuitry. The FSM circuitry determines an instruction based on the mode select signal and the clock signal. The decoder circuitry decodes the encoded signals to generate a decoded signal. The control circuitry generates a control signal from the instruction and the decoded signal. The control signal indicates a test to be performed by the first testing circuitry.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: XILINX, INC.Inventors: Albert Shih-Huai Lin, Niravkumar Patel, Amitava Majumdar, Jane Wang Sowards
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Patent number: 11860224Abstract: The disclosure describes a novel method and apparatus for improving interposers to include embedded monitoring instruments for real time monitoring digital signals, analog signals, voltage signals and temperature sensors located in the interposer. An embedded monitor trigger unit controls the starting and stopping of the real time monitoring operations. The embedded monitoring instruments are accessible via an 1149.1 TAP interface on the interposer.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventor: Lee D. Whetsel
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Patent number: 11862269Abstract: A testing method for a packaged chip includes: acquiring a target chip; in the post-burn-in test process, testing a first data retention time of each memory unit on the target chip; comparing the first data retention time of each memory unit with a preset reference time; and, determining that the target chip is a qualified chip if the first data retention time of each memory unit is not less than the preset reference time. In the present application, by testing the first data retention time of each memory unit on the target chip in the post-burn-in test process, it is determined that the target chip is a qualified chip if the first data retention time of each memory unit is not less than the preset reference time.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: Cheng-Jer Yang
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Patent number: 11852668Abstract: A method for analyzing device test data includes accessing a core analytics rule that is based on manufacturing data of a plurality of devices. Each of the plurality of devices are produced in one of a plurality of manufacturing facilities and are of a same type as a first device being tested on a tester. The method also includes receiving initial test results of a plurality of other devices of a same type tested at a testing facility, generating, based on the initial test results, an edge analytics rule, modifying the core analytics rule based on the edge analytics rule, wherein the modified core analytics rule including modified binning limits, applying the modified core analytics rule to testing data obtained by testing the first device, and determining, based on applying the modified core analytics rule, that the first device is an outlier with respect to the modified binning limits.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: OPTIMAL PLUS LTD.Inventors: Shaul Teplinsky, Arie Peltz, Dan Sebban
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Patent number: 11856460Abstract: Reception of a frame is appropriately stopped. A communication system is a communication system that includes first and second information processing devices. The first information processing device performs control such that a signal (which is a signal having backward compatibility) serving as an index by which the second information processing device receiving a frame stops the reception of the frame is transmitted to the second information processing device. The second information processing device performs control such that the reception of the frame is stopped based on the signal (which is a signal having backward compatibility) serving as an index by which reception of the frame is stopped when the frame transmitted from the first information processing device is received.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Eisuke Sakai, Takeshi Itagaki, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Tomoya Yamaura
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Patent number: 11852680Abstract: A test method includes: generating an error correction code according to a base data; dividing the base data into a plurality of base data sections; generating a plurality of candidate testing data according to the base data, wherein each of the candidate testing data has a plurality of testing data sections, and each of the testing data sections corresponds to each of the base data sections; and, performing a plurality of testing schemes. Each of the testing schemes includes: generating a plurality of write-in test data according to the plurality of candidate testing data, and writing the plurality of write-in test data with the error correction code into a tested device continuously; reading a plurality of mode register values of the tested device and a plurality of readout data from the tested device; and generating a test result according to the plurality of mode register value and the readout data.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventor: Chih-Yuan Wen
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Patent number: 11846673Abstract: A device test architecture and interface is provided to enable efficient testing embedded cores within devices. The test architecture interfaces to standard IEEE 1500 core test wrappers and provides high test data bandwidth to the wrappers from an external tester. The test architecture includes compare circuits that allow for comparison of test response data to be performed within the device. The test architecture further includes a memory for storing the results of the test response comparisons. The test architecture includes a programmable test controller to allow for various test control operations by simply inputting an instruction to the programmable test controller from the external tester. The test architecture includes a selector circuit for selecting a core for testing. Additional features and embodiments of the device test architectures are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2023Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventor: Lee D. Whetsel
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Patent number: 11836385Abstract: An embodiment may involve a network interface configured to capture data packets into a binary format and a non-volatile memory configured to temporarily store the data packets received by way of the network interface. The embodiment may also involve a first array of processing elements each configured to independently and asynchronously: (i) read a chunk of data packets from the non-volatile memory, (ii) identify flows of data packets within the chunk, and (iii) generate flow representations for the flows. The embodiment may also involve a second array of processing elements configured to: (i) receive the flow representations from the first array of processing elements, (ii) identify and aggregate common flows across the flow representations into an aggregated flow representation, (iii) based on a filter specification, remove one or more of the flows from the aggregated flow representation, and (iv) write information from the aggregated flow representation to the database.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: fmad engineering kabushiki gaishaInventor: Aaron Foo
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Patent number: 11835581Abstract: The disclosure describes a novel method and apparatus for improving interposers that connected stacked die assemblies to system substrates. The improvement includes the addition of IEEE 1149.1 circuitry within interposers to allow simplifying interconnect testing of digital and analog signal connections between the interposer and system substrate it is attached too. The improvement also includes the additional 1149.1 controlled circuitry that allows real time monitoring of voltage supply and ground buses in the interposer. The improvement also includes the additional of 1149.1 controlled circuitry that allows real time monitoring of functional digital and analog input and output signals in the interposer. The improvement also provides the ability to selectively serially link the 1149.1 circuitry in the interposer with 1149.1 circuitry in the die of the stack.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2023Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventor: Lee D. Whetsel
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Patent number: 11838125Abstract: The disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The disclosure relates to encoding and decoding by using a polar code in a wireless communication system, and an operation method of a transmission-end apparatus includes determining segmentation and the number of segments, based on parameters associated with encoding of information bits, encoding the information bits according to the number of check bits, and transmitting the encoded information bits to a reception-end apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hongsil Jeong, Min Jang
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Patent number: 11829227Abstract: A method for configuring a storage circuit, including: writing data via an input line into the storage circuit by a software write access; writing a bit-wise inverted form of the data via the input line into the storage circuit by a subsequent software write access; and generating an error signal if a comparison based on the written data and the written bit-wise inverted form of the data indicates a storage circuit configuration error, wherein the storage circuit permits hardware read access and lacks software read access.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Veit Kleeberger, Rafael Zalman
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Patent number: 11831441Abstract: The invention relates to an improved transmission protocol for uplink data packet transmission in a communication system. A receiver of a user equipment receives a Fast Retransmission Indicator, referred to as FRI. The FRI indicates whether or not a base station requests a retransmission of a previously transmitted data packet. A transmitter of the user equipment retransmits the data packet using the same redundancy version as already used for the previous transmission of the data packet.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of AmericaInventors: Alexander Golitschek Edler von Elbwart, Ayako Horiuchi, Lilei Wang