Reduced wiring requirements with signal slope manipulation
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsKevin J. Bills, Mahesh Bohra, Jinwoo Choi, Lloyd A. Walls
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Abstract
A method includes manipulating at least one electric signal received from one or more electronic components to provide a slope substantially proportional to a discrete integer data value of n discrete integer data values, n being a positive integer greater than or equal to 3, said discrete integer data value represented by using one of n distinct slopes, said one of n distinct slopes to be transmitted utilizing a particular reference voltage of n predetermined reference voltages. The method further includes transmitting data as the particular reference voltage of the n predetermined reference voltages to at least one electronic component utilizing slope manipulation.
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A computer program product for manipulating and transmitting data, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the program code executable by an information handling system device comprising at least one processor, one or more electronic components, and at least one electronic component to perform a method comprising:
- manipulating at least one electric signal received from the one or more electronic components to provide a slope substantially proportional to a discrete integer data value, the discrete integer data value being an n-bit data value, n being a positive integer greater than or equal to 2, said discrete integer data value represented by using one of 2n distinct slopes, said one of 2n distinct slopes to be transmitted utilizing a particular reference voltage of 2n predetermined reference voltages;
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- transmitting data as the particular reference voltage of the 2n predetermined reference voltages to the at least one electronic component utilizing slope manipulation.
A computer program product for manipulating and transmitting data, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the program code executable by an information handling system device comprising at least one processor, one or more electronic components, and at least one electronic component to perform a method comprising:
- manipulating at least one electric signal received from the one or more electronic components to provide a slope substantially proportional to a discrete integer data value of n discrete integer data values, n being a positive integer greater than or equal to 3, said discrete integer data value represented by using one of n distinct slopes, said one of n distinct slopes to be transmitted utilizing a particular reference voltage of n predetermined reference voltages;
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- transmitting data as the particular reference voltage of the n predetermined reference voltages to the at least one electronic component utilizing slope manipulation.
A method for an information handling system device comprising at least one processor, one or more electronic components, and at least one electronic component, comprising:
- manipulating at least one electric signal received from the one or more electronic components to provide a slope substantially proportional to a discrete integer data value of n discrete integer data values, n being a positive integer greater than or equal to 3, said discrete integer data value represented by using one of n distinct slopes, said one of n distinct slopes to be transmitted utilizing a particular reference voltage of n predetermined reference voltages;
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- transmitting data as the particular reference voltage of the n predetermined reference voltages to the at least one electronic component utilizing slope manipulation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.