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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2016
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Venkatesh Natarajan, Karnataka, IN;
Alexander Tessarolo, Lindfield, AU;
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus to perform serial communications are disclosed. An example serial data transmitter includes: a clock signal generator to generate a digital clock signal; a clock signal controller to enable the clock signal generator; a line break signal generator to, in response to an expiration of a time period, trigger the transmission of a transmission line check frame; a data integrity check generator to generate error detection data corresponding to first data to be transmitted via the transmission port; a signal framer to: generate a first data frame having a preamble, second data, third data, the first data, the error detection data, and fourth data; and generate the transmission line check frame.