Bus interface

US7047155B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Infineon Technologies AG · DE

Inventors

• Jens Barrenscheen · Munich, DE
• Achim Vowe · Birkenfeld, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 31, 2002
• Grant date: May 16, 2006
• Expiry date: Apr 21, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L12/40013
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A bus interface connects a device to a bus that connects a plurality of devices to one another. The bus interface described is distinguished in that a timer provided in the bus interface or a timer provided in the chip that contains the bus interface is used to ascertain the timing of operations taking place within the bus interface and/or on the bus. This allows data required for configuring the bus interface to be acquired more simply, more quickly, more accurately and more comprehensively than is the case up to now. In addition, the bus interface is consequently able to match itself to the given circumstances.