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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2019
Filed:
May. 01, 2018
Applicant:
Allegro Microsystems, Llc, Manchester, NH (US);
Inventors:
Dominik Geisler, Heidelberg, DE;
Jesse Lapomardo, Pembroke, NH (US);
Assignee:
Allegro MicroSystems, LLC, Manchester, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 3/00 (2006.01); H04L 25/02 (2006.01); H04B 3/06 (2006.01); H03K 17/687 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 25/028 (2013.01); H03K 17/6872 (2013.01); H04B 3/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A serial communication system includes transmission line and at least one slave device. The at least one slave device comprises an active pull-down element coupled to the transmission line to pull a voltage on the transmission line low during transmission, an active pull-up element coupled to the transmission line to pull the voltage on the transmission line high during or after transmission, and a communication circuit configured to transmit data onto the transmission line according to a SENT protocol by activating the pull-down element and the pull-up element.