IP Library Granted Patent US 7,363,565
Granted Patent B2
US 7,363,565 · App. 11/055,629 · Granted Apr 22, 2008

Method of testing apparatus having master logic unit and slave logic unit

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Patent No.
US 7,363,565
App. No.
11/055,629
Granted
Apr 22, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus which is tested includes a master logic unit and a slave logic unit. The testing method includes accessing a virtual slave logic unit by a test pattern which includes an address for accessing and an expected value of a waiting time, returning a response value from the virtual slave logic unit which is accessed by the address after lapse of the waiting time, and comparing the expected value and the response value.

Claims (8)

1. A method of testing an apparatus which includes a master logic unit and a slave logic unit, comprising:

sending a test pattern which includes an expected value and a waiting time to a virtual slave logic unit and a transfer checker;

returning a response value from the virtual slave logic unit after a lapse of the waiting time;

comparing the expected value and the response value from the virtual slave logic unit; and

accessing the slave logic unit by the test pattern after the response value is returned by the virtual slave logic unit.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the master logic unit and the slave logic unit are connected by a bus, and wherein a virtual master logic unit sends the test pattern to the bus.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the virtual slave logic unit detects a number of clock cycles which correspond to the waiting time in the test pattern.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising a default slave logic unit which returns a response when the slave logic unit does not return any response, wherein the default slave logic unit is used as the virtual logic unit.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 24, 2008
From: OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
To: OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 022052/0797 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 11, 2005
From: MURANISHI, KOJI
To: OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 016276/0633 →