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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:
Jun. 06, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 07, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
David E Murray, Houston, TX (US);
David R Wooten, Spring, TX (US);
Assignee:
Compaq Computer Corporation, , US;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
710 11 ; 710 60 ;
Abstract
A serial bus communications method and circuitry for low speed serial bus functions. Over a two-wire communications channel, a unidirectional clock line and a bidirectional data line are used to transfer data. A protocol defines permissions, acknowledgments, terminations and retries handshaking between points. Circuitry is provided for reducing the latency of the serial bus when cooperating with the low speed functions. A resistive connection scheme is disclosed for converting high voltage signals into lower voltage signals.