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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2003
Marco DE Angeli, Barzana, IT;
Loc Thi Xuan Dang, San Jose, CA (US);
Gregory Dupree, Petaluma, CA (US);
Roberto Gianella, Milan, IT;
Thomas Hamilton, Milpitas, CA (US);
Steven Lowe, Frisco, TX (US);
Marco Portinari, Bresso, IT;
Marco De Angeli, Barzana, IT;
Loc Thi Xuan Dang, San Jose, CA (US);
Gregory Dupree, Petaluma, CA (US);
Roberto Gianella, Milan, IT;
Thomas Hamilton, Milpitas, CA (US);
Steven Lowe, Frisco, TX (US);
Marco Portinari, Bresso, IT;
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A printed circuit board (PCB) may be used in a first mode where boundary scan techniques are used to externally program and/or test devices on the PCB, or a second mode where an internal source programs devices using boundary scan techniques. In one implementation, there is also additional flexibility to include or skip devices in a boundary scan chain and to accommodate non-scan related functions for pins used for scanning. These various modes of operation may be selected by activating and deactivating buffers.