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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:
Apr. 10, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 02, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masato Kimura, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/38 ; H04L 5/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/38 ; H04L 5/16 ;
Abstract
A serial interface circuit is compatible with a three-wire interface, but uses only one or two wires. One wire is a data signal line. The other wire, if present, is a scan signal line or clock signal line. If only one wire is used, the serial interface circuit detects the start of a communication period by detecting a synchronization pattern, and generates a clock signal, approximately synchronized to the clock signal used at the partner interface circuit, by dividing a higher-frequency clock signal. The partner interface circuit can operate as if a three-wire interface were being used.