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Integrated circuit with integrated debugging mechanism for standard interface

US7395454B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJan 4, 2005
Grant dateJul 1, 2008
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Expiry dateJun 19, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/273
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A circuit having a corresponding method comprises one or more circuits each to produce one or more status signals, wherein each of the status signals represents a status of a respective one of the one or more circuits; a memory; a memory controller to store a plurality of samples of the one or more status signals in the memory; a plurality of input/output terminals; an interface in communication with one or more of the input/output terminals; and a debug circuit to transfer the one or more samples of the status signals from the memory to the interface.

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