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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2006
Applicants:
Pierre-francois Ruedi, Hauterive, CH;
Stève Gyger, Neuchatel, CH;
Inventors:
Pierre-Francois Ruedi, Hauterive, CH;
Stève Gyger, Neuchatel, CH;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/335 (2006.01); H01L 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device for reading information in a set of electronic components connected to a communication bus in order to send that information over the communication bus includes means for reading values held in at least some of the electronic components holding a value to be sent and an arbiter circuit for successively sending the read values over the communication bus. The arbiter circuit includes means for circulating between the electronic components holding a value to be sent a single token authorizing sending of the read values.