IP Library Granted Patent US 9,599,668
Granted Patent B2
US 9,599,668 · App. 14/925,536 · Granted Mar 21, 2017

Addressable tap domain selection circuit, interface select and instruction circuitry

Inventor: Lee D. Whetsel (Parker, TX)
Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
G01R31/3177G01R31/318541G01R31/318558
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,599,668
App. No.
14/925,536
Granted
Mar 21, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

This disclosure describes a reduced pin bus that can be used on integrated circuits or embedded cores within integrated circuits. The bus may be used for serial access to circuits where the availability of pins on ICs or terminals on cores is limited. The bus may be used for a variety of serial communication operations such as, but not limited to, serial communication related test, emulation, debug, and/or trace operations of an IC or core design. Other aspects of the disclosure include the use of reduced pin buses for emulation, debug, and trace operations and for functional operations. In a fifth aspect of the present disclosure, an interface select circuit, FIGS. 41 - 49 , provides for selectively using either the 5 signal interface of FIG. 41 or the 3 signal interface of FIG. 8.

Claims (9)

1. An integrated circuit comprising:

A. plural TAP domains, each domain having a TDI input terminal, a TDO output terminal, a TCK input terminal, a TMS input terminal, and a RCK output terminal; and

B. an addressable TAP domain selection circuit, the selection circuit including:

i. a separate set of outputs and at least one input for each TAP domain, each set including a TDI output connected to a TDI input terminal, a TDO input connected to a TDO output terminal, a TCK output connected to a TCK input terminal, a TMS output connected to a TMS input terminal, and a RCK input connected to a RCK output terminal;

ii. an interface select circuit having a TDI lead coupled to the TDI output of each set, a TDO lead coupled to the TDO input of each set, a TCK lead coupled to the TCK output of each set, a TMS lead coupled to the TMS output of each set, and a RCK lead coupled to the RCK input of each set, the interface select circuit also having:

a. a first buffer circuit having an AUX I/O 1 input and an AUX OUT 1 output; and

b. a second buffer having an AUX I/O 1 output coupled to the AUX I/O 1 input, an AUX IN 1 input, and a control input;

iii. instruction circuitry having an input coupled to the TDI lead and an output coupled to the control input of the second buffer.

2. The integrated circuit of claim 1 in which the TCK output of the selection circuit is common to all sets of outputs and at least one input.

Continuity (12)
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