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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 09, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hisato Shima, Kanagawa, JP;
Ichiro Hamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuo Kusagaya, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
39575003 ; 395800 ; 395283 ; 396279 ; 396205 ; 364492 ;
Abstract
A system including a plurality of electronic devices connected together through a bus, which can realize reduction in power consumption while ensuring communications. When a bias voltage on an external bus is detected by a bias detecting circuit and a comparator, a bias voltage is output from a bias output terminal to the external bus enabling it. When a driver and receiver receive a PHY-SLEEP command through the external bus, the bias voltage put from the bias output terminal to the external bus is turned off disabling it.