Patents by Inventor Anura P. Jayasumura

Anura P. Jayasumura has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5757816
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a circuit architecture that enhances the I.sub.DDQ testability of circuitry such as random access memories. Increased accuracy and test speed are achieved by partitioning the circuit array into multiple partitions. Pairs of partitions connected to a voltage source node and having substantially identical ground line capacitances are subdivided into respective blocks. Each block in a pair of the partitions includes a corresponding block in the other partition. Each of the corresponding blocks in a pair has a substantially equal ground line capacitance, and preferably each of the blocks has a substantially equal ground line capacitance. Pairs of corresponding blocks are coupled to respective built-in current comparators. Each block is preferably configured to include portions of non-contiguous, interleaved bit line segments and portions of non-contiguous, interleaved word lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Waleed K. Al-Assadi, Anura P. Jayasumura, Yashwant K. Malaiya