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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2008
Chang-fu Lin, Hsinchu, TW;
Shu-wen Teng, Taipei, TW;
Wei Cheng Gu, Hsinchu, TW;
Cheng-che Chen, Taipei County, TW;
Chang-Fu Lin, Hsinchu, TW;
Shu-Wen Teng, Taipei, TW;
Wei Cheng Gu, Hsinchu, TW;
Cheng-Che Chen, Taipei County, TW;
Mediatek Inc., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
The invention discloses a general purpose interface controller, including a slave interface controller and a master interface controller, used to exchange data among master devices and slave devices in an electronic device. The slave interface controller receives data and a first control signal from one of the master devices, and converts the first control signal to a request signal. The master interface controller receives the data and the request signal from the slave interface controller, converts the request signal to a second control signal recognized by at least one of the slave devices, and forwards the data and the second control signal to the slave device.