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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2018
Continental Automotive Gmbh, Hannover, DE;
Bernhard Bieg, Regensburg, DE;
Christoph Haggenmiller, Regensburg, DE;
Klaus-Dieter Schneider, Lappersdorf, DE;
Andrey Shadrin, Regensburg, DE;
CPT Group GmbH, Hannover, DE;
Abstract
An integrated circuit includes a reception port an address port, and a memory with a number of memory sections for storing activation information. The number of memory sections is equal to the number, encodable by the address port, of activatable integrated circuits that are operable over a common bus. A control unit is configured to compare the address encoded by the address port with an address received at the reception port. The control unit writes a defined bit pattern to the memory section associated with the address in the event of a positive comparison, and withholds transmission of a negative acknowledgement signal in the event of a negative comparison. The integrated circuit is configured to be activated by the defined bit pattern in the memory section that corresponds to the address defined at the address port, for communicating with a microprocessor connected to the integrated circuit via the common bus.