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Lee D. Whetsel — 50 Patents in 2017

TITexas Instruments: 50 patents #1 of 1,266Top 1%
Parker, TX: #1 of 9 inventorsTop 15%
Texas: #3 of 15,389 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (2017): #197 of 506,227Top 1%
50 Patents 2017

Issued Patents 2017

Showing 1–25 of 50 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
9835678 Through substrate via scan cell with comparator mux, and flip-flop 2017-12-05
9829538 IC expected data and mask data on I/O data pads Alan Hales 2017-11-28
9824947 Through silicon via, scan cell stimulus, response to two switches 2017-11-21
9817070 Third tap circuitry controlling linking first and second tap circuitry Baher Haroun, Brian J. Lasher, Anjali Vij 2017-11-14
9817071 TDI/TMS DDR coupled JTAG domain with 6 preset flip flops 2017-11-14
9810740 DAP local, group, and global control of TAP TCK 2017-11-07
9813065 Simultaneous LVDS I/O signaling method and apparatus 2017-11-07
9810737 Gating tap register control bus and auxiliary/wrapper test bus 2017-11-07
9759771 TAP and auxiliary circuitry with auxiliary output multiplexer and buffers 2017-09-12
9753085 Tap dual port router circuitry with gated shiftDR and clockDR 2017-09-05
9746517 IC interposer with TAP controller and output boundary scan cell 2017-08-29
9746518 Scan path interface circuit with strobe sequencer and two registers 2017-08-29
9746515 Address-command port connected to trace circuits and tap domains 2017-08-29
9739832 Test messaging demodulate and modulate on separate power pads 2017-08-22
9733308 Tap, CMD with two flip-flops, routing circuit, and data register 2017-08-15
9720039 Interleaver ic with up control and capture, shift, update circuitry 2017-08-01
9714980 Scan testing scan frames with embedded commands and differential signaling 2017-07-25
9709627 Interposer with TAP, trigger, address/data bus, and analog monitor circuitry 2017-07-18
9709630 IC top/bottom surfaces coupled to test, scan, and comparator circuitry 2017-07-18
9709628 Selectable separate scan paths with hold state multiplexer and adapter 2017-07-18
9696378 IC output circuit with test data and shadow data inputs 2017-07-04
9684033 Low power scan path cells with hold state multiplexer circuitry 2017-06-20
9684032 High speed interconnect circuit test method and apparatus 2017-06-20
9678155 DDR circuitry for TAM controller with TAM enable output 2017-06-13
9678157 TAPs and TAP selector output enables coupled to output circuitry 2017-06-13