IP Library Granted Patent US 11,874,323
Granted Patent B2
US 11,874,323 · App. 17/615,522 · Granted Jan 16, 2024

JTAG-based burning device

Inventor: Peng Wang (Suzhou, CN)
Assignee: Inspur Suzhou Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.
G01R31/2855G06F30/30G06F9/445G06F9/48G06F11/008G06F11/25G06F11/27G06F11/273G06F11/2733G06F30/33G06F30/333
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Patent No.
US 11,874,323
App. No.
17/615,522
Granted
Jan 16, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a JTAG-based burning device, including controllable switches arranged between a TDI terminal of a JTAG host and a first chip, and between two adjacent chips, and further including a master controllable switch module arranged between each chip and a TDO terminal of the JTAG host, wherein the JTAG host may, according to a received burning instruction, control corresponding input terminals of the controllable switches to be connected to corresponding output terminals and also control an output terminal of the master controllable switch module to be connected to the corresponding input terminal. Obviously, a JTAG chain can be automatically adjusted by controlling the connection relationship between input and output terminals of the corresponding switches by only building a circuit, so that firmware burning on different chips or chip combinations is realized without manual adjustment, thereby improving the test efficiency, and simplifying the circuit structure.

Claims (29)

1. A JTAG-based burning device, comprising a JTAG host, N chips, a master controllable switch module and N controllable switches; wherein

an input terminal of a first controllable switch is connected to a TDI terminal of the JTAG host, a first output terminal is connected to a TDI terminal of a first chip, and a second output terminal is connected to TDI terminals of ith to Nth chips respectively; an input terminal of an ith controllable switch is connected to a TDO terminal of an i-1th chip, the first output terminal is connected to an i-1th input terminal of the master controllable switch module, and the second output terminal is connected to the TDI terminal of the ith chip; an output terminal of the Nth chip is connected to an Nth input terminal of the master controllable switch module, an output terminal of the master controllable switch module is connected to a TDO terminal of the JTAG host, 2 ≤1≤N;

the JTAG host is also connected to control terminals of the N controllable switches and a control terminal of the master controllable switch module respectively, and used to, according to a burning instruction, control the corresponding input terminals of the controllable switches to be connected to corresponding output terminals and control the output terminal of the master controllable switch module to be connected to a corresponding input terminal.

2. The JTAG-based burning device according to claim 1 , wherein the master controllable switch module comprises a master controllable switch; and

a control terminal of the first controllable switch, a control terminal of the second controllable switch, . . . a control terminal of the Nth controllable switch and a control terminal of the master controllable switch are respectively connected to N+1 switch control terminals of the JTAG host in a one-to-one corresponding manner.

3. The JTAG-based burning device according to claim 2 , wherein a distance between the first controllable switch and the second chip is less than 500 mil.

4. The JTAG-based burning device according to claim 2 , wherein a distance between the second controllable switch and the second chip is less than 500 mil.

5. The JTAG-based burning device according to claim 2 , wherein the distance between the first controllable switch and the second chip is less than 500 mil, and the distance between the second controllable switch and the second chip is less than 500 mil.

6. The JTAG-based burning device according to claim 1 , wherein the control terminal of the first controllable switch, the control terminal of the second controllable switch, . . . the control terminal of the Nth controllable switch are respectively connected to NV switch control terminals of the JTAG host;

the master controllable switch module comprises:

a master controllable switch, comprising N input terminals and an output terminal;

a conversion module, having an input terminal connected to the N switch control terminals of the JTAG host respectively and an output terminal connected to a control terminal of the master controllable switch, and used to, according to a control level output by the JTAG host, generate a corresponding control instruction to control the output terminal of the master controllable switch to be connected to a corresponding input terminal.

7. The JTAG-based burning device according to claim 6 , wherein N=2, and the conversion module is a logic gate.

8. The JTAG-based burning device according to claim 7 , wherein the first controllable switch and the second controllable switch are used to have the input terminals connected to the first output terminal when receiving a high level and have the input terminals connected to the second output terminal when receiving a low level;

the master controllable switch is used to have the output terminal connected to a second input terminal when receiving a high level, and have the output terminal connected to a first input terminal when receiving a low level; and

the logic gate is an XNOR gate.

9. The JTAG-based burning device according to claim 8 , wherein a distance between the first controllable switch and the second chip is less than 500 mil.

10. The JTAG-based burning device according to claim 8 , wherein a distance between the second controllable switch and the second chip is less than 500 mil.

11. The JTAG-based burning device according to claim 7 , wherein the first controllable switch, the second controllable switch and the master controllable switch are single-pole double-throw switches.

12. The JTAG-based burning device according to claim 11 , wherein a distance between the first controllable switch and the second chip is less than 500 mil.

13. The JTAG-based burning device according to claim 11 , wherein a distance between the second controllable switch and the second chip is less than 500 mil.

14. The JTAG-based burning device according to claim 7 , wherein a distance between the first controllable switch and the second chip is less than 500 mil.

15. The JTAG-based burning device according to claim 7 , wherein a distance between the second controllable switch and the second chip is less than 500 mil.

16. The JTAG-based burning device according to claim 7 , wherein the distance between the first controllable switch and the second chip is less than 500 mil, and the distance between the second controllable switch and the second chip is less than 500 mil.

17. The JTAG-based burning device according to claim 6 , wherein a distance between the first controllable switch and the second chip is less than 500 mil.

18. The JTAG-based burning device according to claim 6 , wherein a distance between the second controllable switch and the second chip is less than 500 mil.

19. The JTAG-based burning device according to claim 6 , wherein the distance between the first controllable switch and the second chip is less than 500 mil, and the distance between the second controllable switch and the second chip is less than 500 mil.

20. The JTAG-based burning device according to claim 1 , further comprising a reminder module; and

the JTAG host further used to generate and send information of a to-be-burned chip to the reminder module according to the burning instruction.

Assignments (2)
LICENSE Recorded Jun 30, 2026
From: IEIT SYSTEMS CO., LTD
To: AIVRES SYSTEMS INC.
Reel/Frame 075857/0939 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 1, 2021
From: WANG, PENG
To: INSPUR SUZHOU INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058293/0657 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910912881.7 · Sep 25, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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