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Data transmission method between master and slave devices

US8516174B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Patrick Goerlich · Reutlingen, DE
Sabine Seemann · Esslingen am Neckar, DE
Ermin Esch · Neckartenzlingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 7, 2008
Grant date	Aug 20, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 12, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F13/4291
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for transmitting data frames between a master device and one or more slave devices via a bus system having at least one request line for transmitting request data frames from the master device to the slave devices, a response line for transmitting response data frames from the slave devices to the master device and at least one selection line for activating the slave devices, the request data frames and the response data frames being transmitted together with at least one address bit for addressing one of the slave devices, the useful data bits and at least one length-indicating bit for indicating the data frame length.

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