Electronic circuit and method for transferring data
AssigneeInfineon Technologies AG
InventorsWalter Kargl, Helmut Koroschetz
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, an electronic circuit is described comprising an output circuit configured to output data elements, an input circuit configured to receive the data elements from the output circuit wherein the input circuit is clocked by a clock signal and receives the data elements in accordance with its clocking, a signaling circuit configured to, when the output circuit switches from the output of one data element to the output of a following data element, signal to interrupt the clocking of the input circuit and a controller configured to interrupt the clocking of the input circuit in response to the signaling.
Claims21
An electronic circuit, comprising
- an output circuit configured to output data elements;
- an input circuit configured to receive the data elements from the output circuit wherein the input circuit is clocked by a clock signal and receives the data elements in accordance with its clocking;
- a signaling circuit configured to, when the output circuit switches from the output of one data element to the output of a following data element, signal to interrupt the clocking of the input circuit;
- and
- a controller configured to interrupt the clocking of the input circuit in response to the signaling.
A method for transferring data comprising outputting data elements by an output circuit;
- receiving the data elements from the output circuit by an input circuit in accordance with a clocking of the input circuit;
- signaling to interrupt the clocking of the input circuit when the output circuit switches from the output of one data element to the output of a following data element;
- and
- interrupting the clocking of the input circuit in response to the signaling.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.