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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 29, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 09, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ronald M Huff, Austin, TX (US);
John P Hansen, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
710 23 ; 710 20 ; 710 21 ; 710 22 ; 710 61 ; 709212 ; 709400 ;
Abstract
In a microcontroller, a synchronous serial port is coupled to a DMA unit such that a series of DMA writes to the synchronous serial port can be followed by a series of DMA reads from the synchronous serial port, all without intervention or the execution of the microcontroller.