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Serialization of data for communication with different-protocol slave in multi-chip bus implementation

  • US 7,743,186 B2
  • Filed: 04/27/2007
  • Issued: 06/22/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • a bridge operative to interface a first bus that uses a first bus protocol to a bus matrix that uses a second bus protocol;

    a first serializer coupled to the bridge, the first serializer operative to serialize information received from the bridge and send the serialized information over a communication bus;

    a second serializer coupled to the communication bus, the second serializer operative to receive the serialized information and deserialize the serialized information; and

    a slave using the first bus protocol and coupled to the second serializer, wherein the deserialized information is provided to the slave, and wherein the slave is operative to provide a response to the information from the bridge.

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