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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2002
Applicants:
Jean-louis Tardieux, Lexington, MA (US);
Joern Soerensen, Aars, DK;
Inventors:
Jean-Louis Tardieux, Lexington, MA (US);
Joern Soerensen, Aars, DK;
Assignee:
Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01); H03M 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A high-speed programmable serial port having a finite state machine, a clock generator capable of controlling shifting of bits from a shift register and a shift register having a bit counter capable of maintaining a numbered count of data bits in a serial output. The clock generator and shift register reduce the burdens on a finite state machine, thus improving data throughput and the ability to provided data according to a multitude of data protocols.