Bus arbiter and bus arbitrating method
US5583999A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 8, 1994 |
| Grant date | Dec 10, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 8, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/364
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A plurality of priority determining units determine a bus use among a plurality of bus masters on the basis of bus request signals respectively from the bus masters and thereby generate bus grant signal. A bus request allocation unit allocates each bus request signals to one or more priority determining units on the basis of an allocation signal indicating which one or more priority determining units, among the plurality of priority determining units, to receive an allocation of the bus request signals from the plurality of bus masters. A control unit supplies the allocation signal to the bus request allocation unit and operates one or more priority determining units based on the allocation signal.
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