Figure 2-9 Daisy-Chained Jtag Connection Without Buffers - ARM DSTREAM-ST System And Interface Design Reference Manual

Achieving good signal integrity becomes difficult in this scenario due to the TMS and TCK signals
being split several ways at T-junctions. The signal integrity of the TMS signal is not critical since it is
ignored by the target device until a rising edge of TCK signal is detected. The signal integrity of the
TCK signal is very critical, since any false edges cause the target device to sample TDI and TMS
signals too many times, thereby corrupting the serial data stream as seen by the target devices.
To avoid this issue, buffering should always be used where the TCK signal is split:
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Figure 2-9 Daisy-chained JTAG connection without buffers

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