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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2004
Filed:
May. 16, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Allen Crutchfield, Lexington, KY (US);
Timothy John Rademacher, Lexington, KY (US);
Galen Arthur Rasche, Lexington, KY (US);
Assignee:
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/314 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/314 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for controlling packet generation in a bus that couples a host to a plurality of devices. The apparatus includes a host controller for use with the bus and the host. The host controller has an SOF packet generator capable of delaying the generation of an SOF packet if there is another transaction occurring in the bus until the transaction is complete, thereby to relax the frame timing of SOF packet generation sequences.