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Synchronous slave-to-slave communications

US10397021B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Analog Devices, Inc. · US

Inventors

Martin Kessler · Rothenburg ob der Tauber, DE
William Hooper · Newton, US
Lewis F. Lahr · Dover, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 20, 2017
Grant date	Aug 27, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 5, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L12/40156
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed herein are systems and techniques for slave-to-slave communication in a multi-node, daisy-chained network. Slave nodes may provide or receive upstream or downstream data directly to/from other slave nodes, without the need for data slots first to route through the master node.

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