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Programming multiple serial input devices

US9087557B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

ADVANTEST CORPORATION · JP

Inventors

Michael Jones · Gardnerville, US
David Eskeldson · Colorado Springs, US
Darrin Paul Albers · Fort Collins, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 29, 2013
Grant date	Jul 21, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 29, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG11C29/56
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Serial input devices (e.g., pin electronics modules) are coupled to an interface via data lines, clock lines, and select lines. A first subset and a second subset of the devices are each arrayed in columns, rows, and layers. Each data line is coupled to a respective row in the first subset and a respective row in the second subset; each clock line is coupled to a respective column in the first subset and a respective column in the second subset; and each layer in each subset is coupled to a respective select line. The interface can program a device by concurrently activating one of the data lines, one of the clock lines, and one of the select lines.

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