Patent ID: 7451367

Claim:
A method for executing a sequential data memory access through a serial access port coupled to a test device, the method comprising: a) receiving at the serial access port a command from the test device to access a block of sequential data elements in a memory array of a device under test and a start address value associated with the block, the command comprising an increment value; b) accessing a data element in the block at an address having the start address value, and outputting the accessed data element to the serial access port; c) incrementing the address by the increment value; d) accessing an additional data element in the block at the incremented address, and outputting the additional data element to the serial access port; e) performing c) and d) for each of any remaining data elements in the block of sequential data elements; and f) receiving an additional command from the test device and executing said additional command to test a logic component of the device under test other than the memory array while (b), (c), (d) and (e) are performed.