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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2010
Jeremy Gorbold, Newbury, GB;
James Gibbons, Castlebar, IE;
Tadhg Creedon, Na Forbacha, IE;
Katherine O'riordan, Raheen, IE;
John Reidy, Corbally, IE;
John Morrissey, Lisnagry, IE;
Jeremy Gorbold, Newbury, GB;
James Gibbons, Castlebar, IE;
Tadhg Creedon, Na Forbacha, IE;
Katherine O'Riordan, Raheen, IE;
John Reidy, Corbally, IE;
John Morrissey, Lisnagry, IE;
ANALOG DEVICES, INC., Norwood, MA (US);
Abstract
An exemplary method and system of addressing an integrated circuit within a daisy chain network. In the exemplary method, the address of the integrated circuit may be initialized to a predetermined initial address. The integrated circuit may receive a command that includes a type identifier and an address field. Based on the type identifier, the type of command may be determined. As a result of the determination, reading the address from the address field. The read address may be stored in a register. The address may be modified, and may be output. Upon receipt of the data or a command, the integrity of the data including data within the received command, may be confirmed by an error checking algorithm.