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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2017
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The electronic device includes a master element and a plurality of slave elements that are daisy-chain-connected. The slave element includes an input terminal connected to a slave element adjacently provided on the opposite side of the master element, an output terminal connected to the slave element adjacently provided on the side of the master element or the master element, and a first switch that is provided in a section between the input terminal and the output terminal used as a transmission path of transmission data and is connected to the transmission path in series. The master element receives the transmission data transmitted from the slave element to be the transmission source via the transmission path, and at least the slave element to be the transmission source includes a data transmission unit that is connected to the transmission path via a second switch and transmits the transmission data.