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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2024
Alpha Networks Inc., Hsinchu, TW;
Peng-Fei Song, Hsinchu, TW;
Xiao-Gang Luo, Hsinchu, TW;
Alpha Networks Inc., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A circuit for status monitoring, and fault recovery and isolation for an IC bus is provided. The IC bus is electrically connected to a master device and a plurality of slave devices. Each of the slave devices has an address. The circuit includes a receiver unit, a decoder unit, and a troubleshooting unit. The receiver unit can receive a data signal and a clock signal that are transmitted from the master device to the IC bus. The decoder unit is configured to obtain address information and a read/write bit based on the data signal and the clock signal. The troubleshooting unit is configured to, when the troubleshooting unit determines that a target slave device is malfunctioning based on the data signal, the clock signal, and the read/write bit, identify the target slave device based on the address information, and perform a troubleshooting operation on the target slave device.