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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2019
Infineon Technologies Ag, Neubiberg, DE;
Ljudmil Anastasov, Munich, DE;
Markus Bichl, Westerham, DE;
Abstract
A synchronous communication interface includes at least one data channel configured to carry a data signal comprising a plurality of data units; a control channel parallel to the at least one data channel, the control channel configured to carry a control signal for the at least one data channel; and a circuit configured to generate the control signal that includes control information that defines each of the plurality of data units in each data signal and further includes additional information. The circuit is configured to vary a duty cycle of the control signal according to a mapping of the additional information to a plurality of discrete duty cycle states.