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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2001
Applicant:
Lonnie C. Goff, Tempe, AZ (US);
Inventor:
Lonnie C. Goff, Tempe, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R031/28 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Among the embodiments of the present invention is a technique that includes executing a first protocol on test bus () in accordance with an established test standard to operate a first topology of several test ports () and activating to a shadow controller () by executing a second protocol on test bus (). Operation of the test ports () is suspended during execution of the second protocol. During activation, the shadow controller () can be used to set-up a second topology of one or more of test ports () for operation after the test port suspension is discontinued.