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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2023
Microchip Technology Incorporated, Chandler, AZ (US);
Eshwar Gopalakrishnan, Chennai, IN;
Robin Jonah Solomon, Chennai, IN;
Anandakumar Vedanayagam, Chennai, IN;
Vijayalakshmi Chelladurai, Chennai, IN;
Microchip Technology Incorporated, Chandler, AZ (US);
Abstract
A controller is provided that includes a serial data (SDA) line interface to connect the controller to an SDA line of a two-wire, shared, serial data bus. The controller includes processing circuitry to sample the SDA line to obtain samples of a voltage level on the SDA line, and monitor the samples. The processing circuitry detects a predetermined number of consecutive ones of the monitored samples at a low voltage level, without a low-to-high transition in the voltage level. The processing circuitry indicates a stuck SDA condition based on the detected, predetermined number of consecutive ones of the monitored samples.