Invention Application
- Patent Title: SPI Interface With Slave-Select Fault Detection And Status Signal
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Application No.: US15373391Application Date: 2016-12-08
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Publication No.: US20170168981A1Publication Date: 2017-06-15
- Inventor: Kevin Kilzer , Shyamsunder Ramanathan , Sai Karthik Rajaraman , Justin Milks
- Applicant: Microchip Technology Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US AZ Chandler
- Assignee: Microchip Technology Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Microchip Technology Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US AZ Chandler
- Main IPC: G06F13/42
- IPC: G06F13/42 ; G06F13/40 ; G06F13/364

Abstract:
A serial peripheral interface (SPI) module includes a transceiver including a clock line, a data line and at least one slave select line. The module also includes an interface circuit configured to monitor the slave select line and assert a fault based upon an incorrect de-assertion of the slave select line.
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