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Serial peripheral interface having a reduced number of connecting lines

US9042274B2 · kind B2 · utility

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36Claims

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Assignee

Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG · DE

Inventors

Thomas Peichl · Mellrichstadt, DE
Thorsten Ehrenberg · Nauheim, DE
Jörn Schriefer · Griesheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 29, 2009
Grant date	May 26, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 26, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L12/40006
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electronic communication system including at least one first communication unit and one second communication unit which are connected to one another by means of at least one first data line. The communication system has a data transmission protocol according to which, in at least one first data transmission mode for synchronized data transmission, the first communication unit transmits a data request signal or a clock signal to the second communication unit via the first data line at least once and the second communication unit transmits a data signal to the first communication unit via the first data line in response to the data request signal or the clock signal.

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