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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2024
Nuvoton Technology Corporation, Hsinchu Science Park, TW;
Huei-Jen Kuo, Jhubei City, TW;
Jen-Chih Liu, Kaohsiung City, TW;
Chieh-Sheng Tu, Hsinchu Science Park, TW;
Nuvoton Technology Corporation, Hsinchu Science Park, TW;
Abstract
A control chip including a communication interface, a serial interface, and a control logic is provided. The communication interface is configured to receive an access package. The serial interface includes a first pin and a second pin. The first and second pins operate in an alternate function mode. The control logic is coupled to the serial interface. In response to the access package having a read operation code, the control logic uses the first pin to output the read operation code and read information to a slave device and sets the first pin to operate in a general-purpose input-output (GPIO) mode. The slave device provides read data according to the read information. The control logic uses the second pin to receive the read data.