Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus to encode and synchronize a serial interface
- Patent Title (中): 串行接口编码和同步的方法和装置
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Application No.: US12548135Application Date: 2009-08-26
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Publication No.: US08135037B2Publication Date: 2012-03-13
- Inventor: Charles Boecker , Scott Irwin , Matthew Shafer , Eric Groen , Aaron Hoelscher , Andrew Jenkins , David Black
- Applicant: Charles Boecker , Scott Irwin , Matthew Shafer , Eric Groen , Aaron Hoelscher , Andrew Jenkins , David Black
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: MoSys, Inc.
- Current Assignee: MoSys, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Toler Law Group
- Main IPC: H04J3/06
- IPC: H04J3/06 ; H03M13/03

Abstract:
The present disclosure is generally directed to a method and apparatus to communicate data between two or more semiconductor devices. In an embodiment, a method includes synchronizing a master device with a slave device, where the master device includes a semiconductor device. Synchronizing includes transmitting a first synchronization marker data pattern via a first serial interface from the master device at a first time, and receiving a second synchronization marker data pattern via a second serial interface at the master device at a second time in response to transmitting the first synchronization marker data pattern. Synchronizing also includes determining, based at least in part on the first time and the second time, a third time when a reply is to be received by the master device in response to a request transmitted from the master device to the slave device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090316728A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS TO ENCODE AND SYNCHRONIZE A SERIAL INTERFACE Public/Granted day:2009-12-24
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