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Communication systems with serial peripheral interface functionality

US10884972B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Analog Devices, Inc. · US

Inventors

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

Key dates

Filing date	May 8, 2019
Grant date	Jan 5, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 8, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2213/0016
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed herein are systems and techniques for serial peripheral interface (SPI) functionality for node transceivers in a two-wire communication bus. For example, in some embodiments, a node transceiver may include SPI circuitry and upstream or downstream transceiver circuitry. SPI commands received via the SPI circuitry may be executed by the node transceiver, or transmitted upstream or downstream along the two-wire bus for execution by another node transceiver or a slave device coupled to another node transceiver.

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