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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2005
Hideaki Bando, Tokyo, JP;
Hideaki Bando, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communication system, a communication apparatus, and an electronic appliance are provide. The communication system, a communication apparatus and an electronic appliance can operate at a high data transfer rate without raising the frequency of the data transfer clock. In a communication apparatus, which is a card-shaped semiconductor memory apparatus, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth belt-like terminals T (T, T, Tand T) are provided in addition to the third, fourth, fifth and seventh belt-like terminals T (T, T, Tand T) arranged at an end of the cabinet as terminals for transmitting data to and receiving data from a digital still camera. With this arrangement, the number of terminals that can be used for exchanging data with the digital still camera is increased from four to eight to make it possible to improve the data transfer rate without raising the frequency of the data transfer clock.