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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 13, 1998
Bernard Van Steenbrugge, Eindhoven, NL;
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A data transfer system transfers frames with more than two data words from a transmitter,to at least one receiver,in a time-multiplexed manner. The transmitter,and receiver(s),are connected via four signal lines: a clock signal,, a serial data signal,, a word-select signal,and a frame-begin signal,. The data is serially transferred via the serial data line,, in synchronisation with periodic clock pulses of the clock signal,. The word-select signal,triggers selecting a next transmit channel register from which the transmitter,transmits the next data word and a next receive channel register into which the receiver,stores the data word to be received next. The frame-begin signal,triggers selecting a first one of the channel registers. The data transfer system may, for instance, be used for transferring eight digital audio channels in a DVD player between components such as an input/output interface, a filter, a (de-)coder or a digital signal processor. The data transfer system is compatible with I,S.