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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2006

Filed:

Feb. 25, 2002
Applicants:

Juergen Dirks, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Juergen K. Lahner, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Ludger F. Johanterwage, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Benjamin Mbouombouo, San Jose, CA (US);

Human Boluki, Munich, DE;

Weidan LI, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Juergen Dirks, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Juergen K. Lahner, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Ludger F. Johanterwage, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Benjamin Mbouombouo, San Jose, CA (US);

Human Boluki, Munich, DE;

Weidan Li, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

LSI Logic Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An apparatus comprising one or more groups of boundary scan cells, one or more group buffers, one or more repeater buffers and a controller. The group buffers may be coupled to each of the groups of boundary scan cells. The repeater buffers may be coupled in series with the group buffers. The controller may be coupled to the groups of boundary scan cells through the group buffers and the repeater buffers. The apparatus may be configured to buffer the groups of boundary scan cells to reflect an order of I/Os around the apparatus.


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