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US 8,015,463 B2Granted
IC with TAP, DIO interface, SIPE, and PISO circuits
AssigneeTexas Instruments Incorporated
InventorLee D. Whetsel
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Abstract
Testing of die on wafer is achieved by; (1) providing a tester with the capability of externally communicating JTAG test signals using simultaneously bidirectional transceiver circuitry, (2) providing die on wafer with the capability of externally communicating JTAG test signals using simultaneously bidirectional transceiver circuitry, and (3) providing a connectivity mechanism between the bidirectional transceiver circuitry's of the tester and a selected group or all of the die on wafer for communication of the JTAG signals.
Claims5
An integrated circuit comprising;
- A. combinational logic having parallel inputs for receiving stimulus data and parallel outputs for outputting response data;
- B. parallel scan paths each having parallel outputs coupled to at least some of the parallel inputs of the combinational logic, parallel inputs coupled to at least some of the parallel outputs of the combinational logic, a serial input for inputting stimulus data and a serial output for outputting response data
- C. a serial input parallel output circuit having a serial input, control inputs, and parallel outputs, each of said parallel outputs being coupled to a unique one of said parallel scan path serial inputs;
- D. a parallel input serial output circuit having a serial output and parallel inputs, each of said parallel inputs being coupled to a unique one of said parallel scan path serial outputs;
- E. a test access port having a first interface including a serial output coupled to the serial input of the serial input parallel output circuit, control outputs coupled to the control inputs of the serial input parallel output circuit and a serial input coupled to the serial output of the parallel input serial output circuit, and a second interface including a test data input, a test mode select input, a test clock input and a test data output, and;
- F. a test channel interface circuit having a first interface including a serial data output coupled to the test data input of the test access port, a control output coupled to the test mode select input of the test access port, a clock output coupled to the test clock input of the test access port and a serial input coupled to the test data output of the test access port and a second interface including a data input/output signal coupled to an external terminal of the integrated circuit and a clock input coupled to an external terminal of the integrated circuit.
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