Operating two tap system after detecting shared bus synchronization sequence

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9977079-B2
Application number	US-201414570517-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 15, 2014
Priority date	Jun 7, 2007
Publication date	May 22, 2018
Grant date	May 22, 2018

Abstract

A method comprises a system comprising a host device coupled to a first remote device actively operating according to a state diagram that the host device and all remote devices follow during operation of the system. The method further comprises powering up a second remote device while the host device and first remote device are actively operating according to the state diagram. The second remote device determines whether to initialize to a standard protocol or to an advanced protocol. Upon determining to initialize to the advanced protocol, the second remote device then waits for a synchronization point sequence.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A process of operating a target system coupled to a shared bus of signals that include test clock signals and test mode select signals, the target system having:
adapter circuitry that includes a first test access port controller coupled to the shared bus of signals to receive the test clock signal and the test mode select signal, the first test access port controller having the states of Test Logic Reset, Run Test/Idle, Select-DR Scan, and Select-IR Scan, and
test logic circuitry that includes a second test access port controller coupled to the shared bus of signals to receive the test clock signal and the test mode select signal through the adapter circuitry, the second test access port controller having the states of Test Logic Reset, Run Test/Idle, Select-DR Scan, and Select-IR Scan, the process comprising:
(A) powering up the target system;
(B) the adapter circuitry holding the test mode select signal at first synchronizing levels to force the states of the first and second test access port controllers to the Run Test/Idle states and then decoupling at least one of the shared bus of signals from the second test access port controller;
(C) monitoring, in the adapter circuitry, the shared bus of signals for a multiple bit synchronization point sequence of signals, different from the first synchronizing levels, while maintaining the second test access port controller in the Run Test/Idle state;
(D) detecting, in the adapter circuitry, the synchronization point sequence of signals on the shared bus of signals, while maintaining the second test access port controller in the Run Test/Idle state;
(E) setting the target system to a certain feature set in response to detecting the synchronization point sequence of signals on the shared bus of signals, and coupling the second test access port controller to the shared bus of signals; and
(F) then operating the target system through the states of the first and second test access port controllers in response to signals on the shared bus of signals.

2. The process of claim 1 in which the operating includes operating through states of Test Logic Reset, Run Test/Idle, Select-DR Scan, and Select-IR Scan, and the idle state is the Run Test/Idle state.

3. The process of claim 1 in which the operating includes monitoring the shared bus of signals for a synchronization point sequence of signals while in any of the states of the first and second test access port controllers.

4. The process of claim 1 in which the operating includes shifting through the plural states from the Run Test/Idle state.

5. The process of claim 1 in which the holding the test mode select signal at first synchronizing levels includes holding the test mode select signal at a logic “1” for five or more test clock signal cycles and then holding the test mode select signal at a logic “0” for one or more test clock signal cycles.

6. The process of claim 1 in which the powering the target system includes powering up at a change of low power to high power in the target system.

7. The process of claim 1 in which the powering up the target system includes powering up at a change of low power to high power in the target system and coupling the first and second test access port controllers to the shared bus of signals to receive the test clock signal.

8. The process of claim 1 in which the target system includes core logic coupled to the test logic circuitry and input/output logic coupled to the shared bus of signals to receive at least one of the test clock signal and the test mode select signal.

9. The process of claim 1 including decoupling the second test access port controller from the test clock signal of the shared bus of signals.

Assignees

• Texas Instruments Inc

Inventors

• Swoboda Gary L

Classifications

• G06F1/3206

  Monitoring of events, devices or parameters that trigger a change in power modality · CPC title

• H04L7/046

  using a dotting sequence · CPC title

• G06F11/221

  to test buses, lines or interfaces, e.g. stuck-at or open line faults · CPC title

• G06F11/267 Primary

  Reconfiguring circuits for testing, e.g. LSSD, partitioning · CPC title

• G01R31/3177 Primary

  Testing of logic operation, e.g. by logic analysers · CPC title