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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 18, 1999
Guy Richard Currier, Rochester, MN (US);
James Scott Harveland, Rochester, MN (US);
Sharon Denos Vincent, Rochester, MN (US);
Paul Leonard Wiltgen, Kasson, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for connecting a manufacturing test interface to a global serial bus, such as an inter integrated circuit (I C) bus. Input/output buffer logic buffers data to be transferred to and from the global serial bus. A slave interface logic connected to the input/output buffer logic receives and sends data to the input/output buffer logic. A slave controller coupled to the input/output buffer logic and the slave interface logic paces data exchange to the input/output buffer logic. Error detection logic is coupled between the input/output buffer and the global serial bus for detecting error conditions.