Patent · US Expired

System for sending and receiving data on a universal serial bus (USB) using a memory shared among a number of endpoints

US6173355A · kind A · utility

30Cited by

5References

23Claims

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Assignee

NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION · US

Inventors

Ohad Falik · Kfar Sava, IL
David Brief · Holon, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 22, 1999
Grant date	Jan 9, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 22, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L2001/0094
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for an method of sending and receiving data on a Universal Serial Bus using a memory shared among a number of end points are disclosed. The memory is a double buffer which allows the next packet to be prepared while the current packet is being transmitted. The invention also supports transmission retry.

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