Method and apparatus for connecting two-wire serial interface and single-wire serial interface with high transmission speed
US6735657B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 30, 2000 |
| Grant date | May 11, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 18, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L5/1461
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A two-wire interface having a receive wire and a transmit wire is coupled for communication with a single-wire serial interface to provide for relatively high-speed data transmission. In one aspect, controllable buffers are coupled to the transmit and receive lines of the two-wire serial interface. The outputs from the two buffers are coupled to a commnon line which is also coupled to the single line of the single-wire interface. The transmit buffer and/or read buffer and/or transmission from the single-wire interface are controlled, e.g., such as using control signals provided by software, such that the transmit buffer from the two-wire interface is enabled only when transmission from the single-wire interface is disabled and transmission from the single-wire interface is permitted only when the transmit buffer of the two-wire interface is disabled. By this type of system, it is possible to avoid coupling which involves a pull-up transistor and the like, avoiding lengthening the rise time or fall time of signals and providing the potential for relatively high data transmission rates such as 1 Mbps or more.
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