Patents by Inventor Bartt H. Richards

Bartt H. Richards 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: 5793687
    Abstract: Micro ROM testing is provided using timing logic and clocks utilized in normal operation of the micro ROM. A PLA in the micro ROM has its output lines coupled to read amplifiers that receive values read from the PLA locations selected by address inputs. The read amplifiers latch the PLA values into timing generators to produce timing signals of various types supplied to a microcontroller associated with the micro ROM. A test signal is supplied to the timing generators to disconnect them from the outputs of the read amplifiers and to establish a scan chain composed of the timing generators connected in series. Non-overlapping clock signals supplied by a system clock of the microcontroller cause the latched PLA values to shift through the timing generators in the scan chain. At a scan output of the last timing generator in the scan chain, the PLA values are observed and compared with the values expected from the selected PLA locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Semiconductor America, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell C. Deans, Bartt H. Richards