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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2012
Applicant:
Tommaso Bacigalupo, Fuerstenfeldbruck, DE;
Inventor:
Tommaso Bacigalupo, Fuerstenfeldbruck, DE;
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/12 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01); H04J 3/06 (2006.01); H04L 7/033 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/4291 (2013.01); G06F 1/12 (2013.01); H04J 3/0685 (2013.01); H04L 7/0331 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1228 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1235 (2013.01);
Abstract
In accordance with an aspect of the invention, there is provided an SPI interface including a plurality of synchronizers configured to receive a plurality of SPI signals and an internal clock signal and synchronize the received SPI signals using the internal clock signal. The SPI interface also includes an SPI protocol handler configured to receive the synchronized SPI signals and the internal clock signal, and detect and evaluate signal transitions of at least one of the synchronized SPI signals according to an SPI protocol.