Semiconductor integrated circuit
View Patent ↗A semiconductor integrated circuit for intentionally and flexibly changing a monitoring subject bit if debugging is performed during software processing when a status change occurs. A replacement data register and a comparison address register, which are settable from a microprocessor, determine matching of an address input from the microprocessor and a comparison address value. When the addresses match in a test mode, instead of outputting normal status data, a predetermined value of the replacement data register is output in response to a read request from the microprocessor.
1. A semiconductor integrated circuit connected to a microprocessor and including an externally settable test mode register, a replacement data register, a mask setting register, and a comparison address register, the semiconductor integrated circuit comprising:
a first selection means for selecting register data recorded in register space based on an input address from the microprocessor;
an address comparator for detecting a match between the input address and an address recorded in the comparison address register; and
a second selection means for selecting a subject bit with the mask setting register and the replacement data register when a test mode is set by the test mode register and a match detection signal is output from the address comparator, and outputting final register data generated by executing a bit data change operation on normal register data.
2. The semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the bit data change operation includes inverting a signal or replacing a predetermined value based on the data recorded to the mask setting register and the replacement data register.
3. The semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 1 , wherein:
the test mode register further records bit data for setting the number of the bit data change operations; and
the second selection means outputs the final register data in accordance with the number of bit data change operations.
4. The semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the comparison address register includes a plurality of registers, the bit data change operations being performed for a plurality of addresses recorded in the registers.
5. The semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the register data is status data recorded a status register.