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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 26, 1998
Hoai Sig Kang, Kyoungki-do, KR;
Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd., Ichon-shi, KR;
Abstract
A bus arbitration apparatus includes N number of hierarchical arbitrators, wherein each hierarchical arbitrator contained in the lowest hierarchy is connected to p number of the bus request units. Especially the hierarchical arbitrator of each hierarchy has: a selector for generating a selection signal based on bus requests from the hierarchical arbitrators of a lower hierarchy and priorities of the hierarchical arbitrators of the lower hierarchy, wherein the selection signal represents a selected hierarchical arbitrator of the lower hierarchy, and for generating the bus request from the selected hierarchical arbitrator as a bus request from said each hierarchy; and a multiplexer, in response to the selection signal, for providing bus cycle information from the selected hierarchical arbitrator as bus cycle information of said each hierarchy.