Multi-I/O serial peripheral interface for precision converters
US11256652B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 20, 2020 |
| Grant date | Feb 22, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 20, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11C7/1045
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A Multi-I/O SPI for precision converters supports a Dual/Quad/Octal SPI to support the speed requirements for digital transmission and also includes a special mode that can be enabled by hardware and/or software to remove the bit scrambling requirement dictated by the JEDEC standard. The special mode removes the scramble requirement and associates each of the bidirectional data lines to a specific channel. The special mode provides backward compatibility that permits the precision converter to be used with controllers that do not natively support the JEDEC standard. Also, the Multi-I/O SPI includes registers divided into a primary region that is accessed only in default mode at power-up for write and/or read operations, and a secondary region that is accessed by any mode enabled in the control register. By restricting access to the “control” register area to a pre-defined mode in the converter at power-up, the access mode can be controlled.
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