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AssigneeInfineon Technologies AG
InventorsSTEFAN ERDMENGER, Berndt Gammel, Josef Riegebauer, Till Winteler
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A communication apparatus for communication according to a master-slave communication protocol is formed as a slave instance communicating with a master instance via a bus. The master instance is operative to switch the bus into a bus suspend state if no bus activity is present during a predetermined interval. In response to a bus suspend state, the slave instance makes a transition to a slave suspend state. The communication apparatus includes a monitor configured to monitor the bus activity and a transmitter configured to transmit a signal via the bus if the monitor does not recognize any bus activity during part of the predetermined interval and a transition of the slave instance to the slave suspend state is undesirable, wherein the signal is operative to prevent the master instance from switching the bus into the bus suspend state.
A communication apparatus for communication according to a master-slave communication protocol, the communication apparatus being formed as a slave instance communicating with a master instance via a bus, the master instance being operative to switch the bus into a bus suspend state if no bus activity is present during a predetermined interval, and the slave instance entering a slave suspend state in response to a bus suspend state, comprising:
A communication circuit, comprising:
A method for communication in accordance with a master-slave communication protocol between a slave instance and a master instance, the slave instance communicating with the master instance via a bus, the master instance being operative to switch the bus into a bus suspend state if no bus activity is present during a predetermined interval, and the slave instance making a transition to a slave suspend state in response to a bus suspend state, comprising:
A computer program with a program code for performing a method for communication in accordance with a master-slave communication protocol between a slave instance and a master instance, the slave instance communicating with the master instance via a bus, the master instance being operative to switch the bus into a bus suspend state if no bus activity is present during a predetermined interval, and the slave instance making a transition to a slave suspend state in response to a bus suspend state, the method comprising:
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