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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2014
Applicant:
Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Matthew B. Gately, Austin, TX (US);
Øivind Aleksander Grimsgaard Loe, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
SILICON LABORATORIES INC., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/10 (2006.01); G06F 13/364 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01); G06F 13/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/364 (2013.01); G06F 13/28 (2013.01); G06F 13/4282 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes, in response to a master port requesting bus access for a bus transfer with a slave port, selecting the master port to allow a master device that is coupled to the master port to perform a bus transfer with a slave device that is coupled to the slave port. The bus transfer is associated with at least one bus cycle. The method includes, in response to an end of the bus transfer, maintaining selection of the master port for at least one additional bus cycle.