IP Library Granted Patent US 8,924,802
Granted Patent B2
US 8,924,802 · App. 13/587,522 · Granted Dec 30, 2014

IC TAP with dual port router and additional capture input

Inventor: Lee D. Whetsel (Parker, TX)
Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
G01R31/318513G01R31/318555G01R31/318508
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,924,802
App. No.
13/587,522
Granted
Dec 30, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

This disclosure describes a test architecture that supports a common approach to testing individual die and dies in a 3D stack arrangement. The test architecture uses an improved TAP design to facilitate the testing of parallel test circuits within the die.

Claims (8)

1. An integrated circuit comprising:

(a) a test data in lead, a test clock lead, a test mode select lead, a test data out lead, and a capture lead;

(b) a TAP state machine having a clock input coupled to the test clock lead, a mode input coupled to the test mode select lead, data register control outputs, and instruction register control outputs;

(c) an instruction register having a test data input coupled to the test data in lead, instruction register control inputs coupled to the instruction register control outputs, and instruction register outputs;

(d) data registers having test data inputs coupled to the test data in lead, data register control inputs, and instruction register control inputs coupled to the instruction register outputs; and

(e) dual port router circuitry having a capture input coupled to the capture lead, data register control inputs coupled to the data register control outputs of the TAP state machine, instruction register inputs coupled to the instruction register outputs, and data register control outputs coupled to the data register control inputs of the data registers.

2. The integrated circuit of claim 1 in which each of the instruction register and the data registers have a test data output, and including a multiplexer having an input for each test data output, and an output coupled to the test data out lead.

3. The integrated circuit of claim 1 in which each of the instruction register and the data registers have a test data output, and the state machine has a select output, and including a multiplexer having a select input coupled to the select output, instruction register inputs coupled to the instruction register outputs, an input for each test data output, and an output coupled to the test data out lead.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 16, 2012
From: WHETSEL, LEE D.
To: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 028799/0687 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61524632 · Aug 17, 2011
Related Publication 20130047047A1 · Feb 21, 2013