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US 2017/0286340 A1Published application
Slave device identification on a single wire communications bus
AssigneeQorvo US, Inc.
InventorsChristopher Truong Ngo, Alexander Wayne Hietala
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Abstract
A system includes a single wire communications bus, a first slave device, and a second slave device. The first slave device and the second slave device each include a plurality of pins. The first slave device and the second slave device are uniquely identified on the single wire communications bus based on which one of the plurality of pins is coupled to the single wire communications bus.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a single wire communications bus;
- and
- a first slave device and a second slave device each comprising a plurality of pins, wherein the first slave device and the second slave device are uniquely identified on the single wire communications bus based on which one of the plurality of pins is coupled to the single wire communications bus.
A slave device comprising:
- a plurality of pins;
- communications circuitry configured to communicate with one or more other devices via a single wire communications bus;
- and
- identification resolution circuitry configured to uniquely identify the slave device on the single wire communications bus based on which one of the plurality of pins is connected to the single wire communications bus.
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A method comprising:
- coupling a plurality of slave devices to a single wire communications bus, each one of the plurality of slave devices comprising a plurality of pins;
- and
- uniquely identifying the plurality of slave devices on the single wire communications bus based on which one of the plurality of pins is coupled to the single wire communications bus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.