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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 12, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jean-Marie Gaultier, Rousset, FR;
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics S.A., Gentilly, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03D 1/00 ; H04L 2/706 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03D 1/00 ; H04L 2/706 ;
Abstract
A method of communication between a master unit and a slave unit is of the type including the transmission of messages comprising a useful information word, as well as one or more service bits. The messages include two bits to encode the end-of-transmission information. The value of these bits provides information on the nature of the useful information transmitted to thereby improve the integrity of the communications.