Detection of N length bit serial communication stream
US5721891A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 15, 1995 |
| Grant date | Feb 24, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 15, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/4291
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for communicating between two, or more, devices comprises the steps of (1) allocating, in a receiving device, a plurality of input buffers linked in a circular queue for continuous reading of data; (2) setting up a timer for determining the end of received data streams; (3) receiving a variable-length bit stream comprising data; synchronization of data; (5) determining whether data is being received upon expiration of the timer; (6) resynchronizing for a subsequent bit stream if not receiving data in step (5); (7) checking one of the plurality of input buffers for idle patterns if data is being received in step (5); (8) restarting the timer and returning to step (4), when idle patterns are not detected in step (7); and (9) disabling the receiver and resynchronizing and returning to step (4), when idle patterns are received in step (7).
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