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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
May. 05, 2016
Applicant:
Nuvoton Technology Corporation, Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Chun-Wei Chiu, Hsinchu, TW;
Chia-Ching Lu, Hsinchu, TW;
Shih-Feng Huang, Hsinchu, TW;
Ming-Che Hung, Hsinchu, TW;
Assignee:
Nuvoton Technology Corporation, Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/364 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/364 (2013.01); G06F 13/1642 (2013.01); G06F 13/404 (2013.01); G06F 13/4022 (2013.01); G06F 13/4068 (2013.01); G06F 13/4282 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bus system is provided. The bus system includes a master device, a bus and a plurality of slave devices. The slave devices and the master device are electrically connected through the bus. The master device communicates with the slave devices by using a one-to-one communication mechanism. The slave devices communicate with the master device by using an arbitration mechanism in which one of the slave devices is selected to communicate with the master device.