Multistage round robin arbitration in a multiuser system
US10949258B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 2, 2019 |
| Grant date | Mar 16, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 2, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03K19/20
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A device includes a first and a second stage round robin arbitrations receiving request signals associated with a first, a second and a third user. At least one request signal for each of the first, the second, and the third user is asserted to access a common resource. The first stage round robin arbitration selects the first, the second, and the third user in a round robin fashion, at a first, a second, and a third iteration. The second stage round robin arbitration receives the user selection and the plurality of request signals and at the first, the second, and the third iteration grants access to the common resource to one request signal associated with the first, the second, and the third user. At each subsequent iteration the first stage round robin arbitration selects a different user and grants access to another request signal until all request signals are processed.
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