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Method and system for implementing control signals on a low pin count bus

US6463494B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 30, 1998
Grant dateOct 8, 2002
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Expiry dateDec 30, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F13/423
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system are disclosed allowing devices to communicate using a highly efficient low pin count bus comprising a set of data lines, a strobe line, and one control line. Command information is transmitted simultaneously with data, the command information being defined by its timing.

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