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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. 13, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2003
Applicant:
David C. Andreas, Austin, TX (US);
Inventor:
David C. Andreas, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Silicon Laboratories, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F013/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method includes the step of serially clocking a mask value through a plurality of subscriber line interface circuits (SLICs) until each SLIC stores a corresponding portion of the mask value, and serially communicating a command to the plurality of SLICs. Each SLIC responds to the command only if enabled by the corresponding portion of the mask value.