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Acquisition of extended display identification data (EDID) using inter-IC (I2C) protocol

US7839409B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 18, 2005
Grant dateNov 23, 2010
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 4, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G2370/047
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a VESA standard compliant display controller having a processor arranged to process executable instructions and associated data, a memory device arranged to store EDID and the executable instructions and associated data, a number of data ports coupled to the memory device by way of an I2C data bus each coupled to a host device, a method of transferring EDID from the memory device over the I2C data bus to a requesting one of the data ports while servicing a processor memory access request without clock stretching.

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