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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2016
Applicant:
Microchip Technology Incorporated, Chandler, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Kevin Kilzer, Chandler, AZ (US);
Shyamsunder Ramanathan, Tucson, AZ (US);
Sai Karthik Rajaraman, Chandler, AZ (US);
Justin Milks, Tempe, AZ (US);
Assignee:
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED, Chandler, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/42 (2006.01); G06F 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/4282 (2013.01); G06F 1/10 (2013.01); G06F 13/4291 (2013.01);
Abstract
A serial peripheral interface (SPI) module, comprising a transceiver, the transceiver including a clock line, a data line and at least one slave select line. The SPI also comprises an interface circuit configured to operate in an automatic slave select mode, wherein the interface circuit is configured to automatically assert the slave select line at least one clock before a first clock edge is generated.