Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Low cost low overhead serial interface for power management and other ICs
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Application No.: US14570898Application Date: 2014-12-15
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Publication No.: US09710422B2Publication Date: 2017-07-18
- Inventor: Sheldon Weng , George E. Matthew , Pavan Kumar , Wayne L. Proefrock , Harish K. Krishnamurthy , Krishnan Ravichandran
- Applicant: Intel Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Alpine Technology Law Group LLC
- Main IPC: G06F13/42
- IPC: G06F13/42 ; G06F13/364 ; G06F13/40 ; G06F1/32 ; G06F1/26

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus relating to low cost and/or low overhead serial interface for power management and other IC (Integrated Circuit) devices are described. In an embodiment, a unique address is assigned to each of a plurality of slave devices. The plurality of slave devices are coupled in a daisy chain configuration. And, any access directed at a first slave device from the plurality of slave devices is allowed based at least in part on comparison of an address of the first slave device and an address associated with the access. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160170930A1 Low cost low overhead serial interface for power management and other ICs Public/Granted day:2016-06-16
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