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Service request interrupt router with shared arbitration unit

US9575912B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Infineon Technologies AG · DE

Inventors

Frank Hellwig · Wunstorf, DE
Simon Cottam · Bristol, GB
Krishnapriya Chakiat Ramamoorthy · Bristol, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 8, 2014
Grant date	Feb 21, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 18, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02D10/00
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A service request interrupt router having Interrupt Control Units (ICUs); and an arbitration unit configured to be shared by the ICUs to arbitrate among Service Request Nodes (SRNs) that have respective service request interrupt signals and that are mapped to the ICUs, to determine for each of the ICUs which of the SRNs has a highest priority.

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