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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:
Dec. 12, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 17, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ronald Verne DeLong, Mesa, AZ (US);
Benjamin R Davis, Chandler, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
375219 ; 375221 ; 375257 ; 375259 ;
Abstract
A serial communication device (10) and a method for serially communicating. The serial communication device (10) has a first transceiver (11) and a second transceiver (12) that send data to each other. The first transceiver (11) is capable of providing power or the operating potential to the second transceiver (12). The first transceiver (11) sends command data at a variable data rate to the second transceiver (12) using a voltage signal (30). The second transceiver (12) receives the command data and sends response data to the first transceiver (11) using a current signal (40).