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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:
Sep. 25, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 13, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
James N. Maertens, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Oak Technology, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/781 ; H04N 5/85 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/781 ; H04N 5/85 ;
Abstract
An interface circuit that facilitates communication between a DSP and decoder in a disc system or other application. The interface circuit is programmable so multiple communication interfaces can be supported without requiring additional specialized logic uniquely tailored for each particular communication interface. Sector and countdown-type data transfers are supported by the interface circuit.