Patent ID: 8669776

Claim:
A switching circuit comprising: A. functional core logic circuitry having an input and an output; B. an input buffer having an output connected to the input of the logic circuitry and an input; C. first switch circuitry having a functional input, a functional output, and a control input, the functional output being connected to the input of the input buffer; D. second switch circuitry having a functional input, a functional output, and a control input, the functional input being connected to the functional input of the first switch circuitry; E. an output buffer having an input connected to the output of the logic circuitry and an output; F. third switch circuitry having a functional input, a functional output, and a control input, the functional input being connected to the output of the output buffer; G. fourth switch circuitry having a functional input, a functional output, and a control input, the functional input being connected to the functional output of the second switch circuitry and the functional output being connected to the functional output of the third switch circuitry; and H. a control lead connected to the control inputs of the first switch circuitry, the second switch circuitry, the third switch circuitry, and the fourth switch circuitry.