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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2007
Applicants:
Douglas Piasecki, Austin, TX (US);
William Hong, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Douglas Piasecki, Austin, TX (US);
William Hong, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Silicon Laboratories, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A LINBUS communication network comprises a microcontroller unit containing processing circuitry for performing predefined digital processing functions. LINBUS communication network hardware is located within the microcontroller unit for digitally communicating with an off-chip LINBUS device for transmitting data thereto and receiving data therefrom. A plurality of LINBUS communication network interfaces selectively connects one of a plurality of groups of slave devices to the LINBUS network communications hardware.