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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2022
Stmicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;
Eyuel Zewdu Teferi, Milan, IT;
Alessandra Maria Rizzo Piazza Roncoroni, Abbiategrasso, IT;
STMicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;
Abstract
In a digital communication system, a master device and a number of slave devices are coupled in communication with the master device over a shared data communication bus. A selection line for each one of the slave devices couples the master device with a respective slave device and is dedicated to selection by the master device of the respective slave device for communication over the shared data communication bus. Each of the slave devices is able to send an interrupt request to the master device over the respective selection line to be served by the master device initiating a communication over the shared data communication bus, each selection line thereby being a bidirectional communication line between the respective slave device and the master device.