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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 23, 1999
Mitsugu Nagoya, Tokyo, JP;
Duaxes Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communication system includes a plurality of boundary scan elements including input and output terminals and a plurality of boundary cells individually assigned to the respective input terminals and output terminals, a plurality of data output units connected parallel to the boundary scan elements, and a communication controller connected to the boundary scan elements in series. The communication controller transmits and receives through the boundary scan elements control data for individually controlling the data output units. A signal data communication line is connected with the data output units in parallel, and a signal processing unit is connected with the signal data communication line and the communication controller for transmitting output data from the data output units under a control of the communication controller.