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Establishing a connection between a testing and/or debugging interface and a connector

US8140900B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 15, 2009
Grant dateMar 20, 2012
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Expiry dateDec 27, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/3656
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

This invention relates to automatically establishing a connection between a testing and/or debugging interface to an integrated circuit and a connector of an apparatus, the connector being connectable to a testing and/or debugging apparatus configured to communicate with the testing and/or debugging interface via the connector in a testing and/or debugging mode of the apparatus and connectable to an accessory apparatus to be used in a normal operation mode of the apparatus, if the testing and/or debugging apparatus is connected to the connector, thereby establishing the testing and/or debugging mode of the apparatus.

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