Patent 7941718 was granted and assigned to Freescale Semiconductor on May, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A method and system for testing an electronic device is disclosed. The method includes loading a first test into a test pattern generator of a first device and generating a first test pattern at the test pattern generator. A second test seed is loaded into the test pattern generator while the first test pattern is being generated. In one embodiment, the state of the test pattern generator is modified based upon the second test seed, and the first test seed.