Method of delaying bus request signals to arbitrate for bus use and system therefor
US6952747B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 9, 2002 |
| Grant date | Oct 4, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 13, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/364
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In plural master apparatus connected to a bus, a master apparatus issues, to an arbiter, a request signal requesting the use of the bus after a lapse of a predetermined interval when the use of the bus becomes necessary, while another master apparatus issues, to the arbiter, a request signal requesting the use of the bus immediately when the use of the bus becomes necessary. The arbiter grants a right to use the bus by equally handling the request signals from the master apparatus. Also there is prepared a signal indicating a traffic in the bus, and the request signal is issued after the lapse of the interval in case of a high traffic but it is issued immediately in case of a low traffic. It is thus possible to adjust the practical priority of the but use right in detail or to dynamically change such priority by the presence or absence of such interval or a length thereof.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.