Patents by Inventor Muhammad A. Samad

Muhammad A. Samad 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).

  • Method for automatic isolation of functional blocks within integrated circuits
    Patent number: 5392297
    Abstract: A system for generating configurations for isolation circuits that can be designed into ASIC chips such that the isolation circuits are transparent during normal operation of the host chip but allow the embedded functional blocks to be readily isolated and accessed for testing via the host chip's pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1995
    Assignee: VLSI Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin J. Bell, Muhammad A. Samad
  • Method of generating tests for a combinational logic circuit
    Patent number: 4996689
    Abstract: In the present invention a method for generating tests for a combinational logic circuit of the PLA type is disclosed. The method is suited to generate tests to determine the input signals, the mid-term output signals of the AND gates, and the output signals, for stuck-at-0 and stuck-at-1 conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 26, 1991
    Assignee: VLSI Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Muhammad A. Samad