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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2000
Roshan J. Samuel, Richardson, TX (US);
Brian J. Karguth, Van Alstyne, TX (US);
Gregory L. Christison, McKinney, TX (US);
Roshan J. Samuel, Richardson, TX (US);
Brian J. Karguth, Van Alstyne, TX (US);
Gregory L. Christison, McKinney, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A state machine interface that can be used with digital devices whose interface characteristics are not known in advance. This interface is completely programmable on a clock-by-clock basis. The interface consists of an output component, which can be either a control register or a data bus, and an input component that can be combined to provide various input/output (I/O) functions. The state machine interface of this invention makes it possible to interface with many type of application devices, whose interface characteristics and/or waveforms may not be identical or are not known at the time a particular state machine is designed.