Patents by Inventor William F. Heybruck

William F. Heybruck 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: 5497378
    Abstract: Disclosed is a test method and system for boundary testing a circuit network. The network, made up of individual integrated circuit chips mounted on a printed circuit card or board, has at least one integrated circuit that is testable by IEEE 1149.1 Standard boundary testing, and at least one second integrated circuit that is testable by Level Sensitive Scan Design boundary testing but not by IEEE 1149.1 Standard boundary testing. The test system has a test access port interface with a test access port controller with Test Clock, Test Data In, Test Data Out, Test Mode Select, and Test Reset I/O. The test access port also has an instruction register, a bypass register, a test clock generator, and a Level Sensitive Scan Device boundary scan register.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ismael Z. Amini, William F. Heybruck, Andres M. Molina, Kimberly K. Van Vliet
  • Patent number: 5488612
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatus for a testing a field programmable logic gate array. In the method the non-volatile gates are set to a testable setting. The programmable logic array is then configured into (1) a pseudo random pattern generator, (2) a multiple input signature register, (3) a signature comparator, and (4) AND-plane and OR-plane logic array areas. A pseudo random set of test pattern vectors is applied to the programmable logic array from the pseudo random pattern generator. The output is captured in the multiple input signature register and compared in the comparator. Finally, individual non-volatile floating gate field effect transistors are selectively set to provide the desired set of sums of products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1996
    Assignee: International Business Machines, Corporation
    Inventor: William F. Heybruck