Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Programming a programmable input/output (I/O) interface module
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Application No.: US17660937Application Date: 2022-04-27
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Publication No.: US11809278B2Publication Date: 2023-11-07
- Inventor: Richard Stuart Seger, Jr. , Gerald Dale Morrison , Daniel Keith Van Ostrand , Patrick Troy Gray , Timothy W. Markison
- Applicant: SigmaSense, LLC.
- Applicant Address: US DE Wilmington
- Assignee: SigmaSense, LLC.
- Current Assignee: SigmaSense, LLC.
- Current Assignee Address: US DE Wilmington
- Agency: Garlick & Markison
- Agent Patricia M. Healy
- Main IPC: G06F11/14
- IPC: G06F11/14 ; G06F13/10 ; H04L1/00

Abstract:
A method for execution by an input/output (IO) control module of an integrated circuit (IC) includes determining whether a programmable IO interface module is for dynamic or static use. The programmable IO interface module includes a configurable front-end module and a configurable back-end module. When the programmable IO interface module is for the dynamic use, determining to configure the programmable IO interface module as the dynamic use of a configuration of a plurality of configurations. The plurality of configurations includes a bidirectional interface, an input, an output, a concurrent drive and sense interface, and a concurrent transmit-receive interface. The method further includes configuring the front-end module in accordance with the configuration, configuring the back-end module in accordance with the configuration, and determining whether to change the configuration to another configuration of the plurality of configurations.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220253359A1 PROGRAMMING A PROGRAMMABLE INPUT/OUTPUT (I/O) INTERFACE MODULE Public/Granted day:2022-08-11
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