Abstract: A method for forming a supported palladium membrane used for hydrogen purification and production is disclosed. The method comprises steps of providing a support, filling the support with a metal, electroless plating a palladium membrane on the support with a palladium salt solution, and DC sputtering a further palladium membrane on the support.

Abstract: A multi-clock domain logic system includes a plurality of clock domains corresponding respectively to a plurality of clock signals and comprises at least one flip-flop group per each. When a scanning test is executed, a scanning test clock signal is asynchronously input into the flip-flop groups in a predetermined sequence to form a clock signal of the flip-flop groups.

Abstract: A broadcaster, system, and method for reducing test data volume and test application time in an ATE (automatic test equipment) in a scan-based integrated circuit. The scan-based integrated circuit contains multiple scan chains, each scan chain comprising multiple scan cells coupled in series. The broadcaster is a combinational logic network coupled to an optional virtual scan controller and an optional scan connector. The virtual scan controller controls the operation of the broadcaster. The system transmits virtual scan patterns stored in the ATE and generates broadcast scan patterns through the broadcaster for testing manufacturing faults in the scan-based integrated circuit. The number of scan chains that can be supported by the ATE is significantly increased. Methods are further proposed to reorder scan cells in selected scan chains, to generate the broadcast scan patterns and virtual scan patterns, and to synthesize the broadcaster and a compactor in the scan-based integrated circuit.