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Apparatus, system, and method for dynamic recovery and restoration from design defects in an integrated circuit

  • US 7,590,901 B2
  • Filed: 05/19/2006
  • Issued: 09/15/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus to assist in recovery from a design defect in an integrated circuit, the apparatus comprising:

  • an error check module configured to discover that an error has occurred during an operation within the integrated circuit;

    a control settings module configured to change the contents of one or more system control registers according to a set of system control settings, the set of system control settings changing the logic path of one or more system signals within the integrated circuit;

    a retry module configured to execute the operation within the integrated circuit; and

    a recovery module configured to determine if the operation was executed successfully.

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