The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 26, 2012
Applicant:

Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);

Inventor:

Sachin Joshi, Fremont, CA (US);

Assignee:

Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/28 (2006.01); G11C 15/00 (2006.01); G11C 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 15/00 (2013.01); G11C 7/1006 (2013.01); G11C 2211/5647 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, systems and computer readable storage medium embodiments for communicating over a data bus include, determining a number of changes in bit value in respective bit positions between a previous bit string and a current bit string, transmitting either the current bit string in an inverted form over the data bus if the determined number of changes in bit value exceeds a threshold or the current bit string in non-inverted form if the determined number of changes in bit value does not exceed a threshold, and transmitting an additional at least one bit along with the current bit string having a logic value that indicates whether the current bit string is in an inverted form or non-inverted form. Methods, systems, and computer readable storage medium embodiments for receiving bit strings over a bus are also disclosed.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…