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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2015
Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Michael Decesaris, Carrboro, NC (US);
Steven C. Jacobson, Mebane, NC (US);
Luke D. Remis, Raleigh, NC (US);
Gregory D. Sellman, Morrisville, NC (US);
Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
Chip select ('CS') multiplication in an SPI system that includes an SPI master, a CS multiplier, a plurality of SPI slaves, and a fall time detection circuit, where the SPI master is coupled to the CS multiplier and the fall time detection circuit by a CS signal line, the CS multiplier includes a plurality of CS outputs with each CS output coupled to an SPI slave, and CS multiplication includes: receiving, from the SPI master, the CS signal on the CS signal line; detecting fall time of the CS signal; and, if the fall time of the CS signal is less than a predefined threshold, configuring, by the fall-time detection circuit, the CS multiplier to vary from providing a CS signal on a first CS output to providing a CS signal on a second CS output.