Identifiable modules on a serial bus system and corresponding identification methods
US5761697A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 2, 1994 |
| Grant date | Jun 2, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 2, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02D10/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A single wire data bus is utilized by a bus master to communicate with and identify electronic devices also connected to the single wire data bus. Each of the electronic devices include a unique ID (identification), wherein the bus master, using a one-wire protocol, can identify all of the electronic devices connected to the single wire data bus.
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