IP Library Granted Patent US 9,372,230
Granted Patent B2
US 9,372,230 · App. 14/815,396 · Granted Jun 21, 2016

Substrate with state machine circuitry and tap state monitor circuitry

Inventor: Lee D. Whetsel (Parker, TX)
Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
G01R31/3177G01R31/3025G01R31/318558G01R31/2815G01R31/2851
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,372,230
App. No.
14/815,396
Granted
Jun 21, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure describes a process and apparatus for accessing devices on a substrate. The substrate may include only full pin JTAG devices ( 504 ), only reduced pin JTAG devices ( 506 ), or a mixture of both full pin and reduced pin JTAG devices. The access is accomplished using a single interface ( 502 ) between the substrate ( 408 ) and a JTAG controller ( 404 ). The access interface may be a wired interface or a wireless interface and may be used for JTAG based device testing, debugging, programming, or other type of JTAG based operation.

Claims (15)

1. A substrate comprising:

a test data in lead;

a test clock lead;

a test reset lead;

a test mode select lead;

a command input lead;

a command control lead;

a match lead;

an address input lead;

an address command lead;

state machine circuitry having a test data input coupled with the test data in lead, a test clock input coupled with the test clock lead, a test reset input coupled with the test reset lead, an enable input, a reset input, a command output coupled with the command input lead, a command control output coupled with the command input lead, a match input coupled with the match lead, an address output coupled with the address input lead, and an address control output coupled with the address control lead; and

TAP state monitor circuitry having a test mode select input coupled with the test mode select lead, a test clock input coupled with the test clock lead, a test reset input coupled with the test reset lead, an enable output coupled with the enable input, and a reset output coupled with the reset input.

2. The substrate of claim 1 including:

a command circuit having a command input coupled to the command input lead, a command control input coupled to the command control lead, a full pin select output, and a reduced pin select output; and

an address circuit having a match output coupled to the match lead, an address input connected to the address input lead, and an address control input connected to the address control lead.

Continuity (7)
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