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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2002
Applicant:
Stefan Basler, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Inventor:
Stefan Basler, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing, Boulogne, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An integrated circuit having a generic communication interface, the integrated circuit comprising a primary processing unit and at least a first and a second communication interface for the primary processing unit for communicating in accordance with at least a first and a second communication protocol, characterized in that a set of registers of the communication interface are arranged such that a specific register functionality is accessible independently of a selection of the first or the second communication interface.