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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2016
Nokia of America Corporation, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Shahriar Shahramian, Chatham, NJ (US);
Yves Baeyens, Stirling, NJ (US);
Ut-Va Koc, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
NOKIA OF AMERICA CORPORATION, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method and architecture for operating with distributed (or segmented) on-chip digital interfaces such as the Inter-Integrated Circuit protocol and a Serial Peripheral Interface protocol. This method and architecture, illustratively, divides the available address space of the digital interface register arrays of a device into one or more segments referred to as a fundamental digital interface circuit. Such segmentation allows for each fundamental digital interface circuit to be placed in proximity of the digitally controlled circuit(s) (e.g., analog circuit(s)) which share some operational connection and for exchanging communication in accordance with a plurality of inputs to the device.