US Patent Issued to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS on Sept. 16 for "Falling clock edge JTAG bus routers" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,670, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).

"Falling clock edge JTAG bus routers" was invented by Lee D. Whetsel (Parker, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A falling edge controller includes a controller having an inverted TCK (Test Clock) input, a TMS (Test Mode Select) input, a shift register control output, an update register control output, and a shift output; a shift register having a TDI (Test Data In) input, a shift register control input coupled to the shift register control output, address inputs, a select input, address and select outputs, and a TDO (Test Data Out) output; an update registe...