| 摘要 |
A Parallel Test Architecture (PTA) is provided that facilitates simultaneous access to multiple electronic circuits (<i>i.e.</i>), in parallel) for optimized testing, debugging, or programmable configuration of the circuits. The PTA includes a Parallel Test Bus (PTB), a test controller connected to the PTB, and a plurality of addressable PTB controllers connected to the PTB, in which each addressable PTB controller is coupleable to a respective electronic circuit to be accessed. The test controller is configured to send at least one control signal over the PTB to respective addressable PTB controllers to initiate parallel scan access of the electronic circuits coupleable thereto by the respective addressable PTB controllers. Further, each addressable PTB controller is configured to employ a scan protocol to access the respective electronic circuit coupleable thereto based on the control signal sent over the PTB by the test controller, and send resultant scan data over the PTB to the first controller in response to accessing the respective electronic circuit. |
