Patents by Inventor Wilton R. Chiles

Wilton R. Chiles has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5228045
    Abstract: A test driver for connecting a controlling computer to an IC chip having a standard test access port (TAP) is both hardware and software efficient. The last stage of a wrap-around or circulating control register feeds a test mode select (TMS) pin of the TAP, and feeds the next-to-the-last stage back to the first stage. As a result of the control register configuration, the control register's original contents are automatically restored after each shift, cycle, thus abrogating the need to reload the control register if the same control pattern is again needed, and abrogating the need to maintain (via software) the correct value on the TMS pin in between shifting sequences of the control register. Proper shift times in a data register of the test driver are achieved by replicating the IC chip TAP controller state machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1993
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventor: Wilton R. Chiles