Interface architecture for facilitating communication...

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2011-03-15

2011-03-15

Lee, Chun-Kuan (Department: 2181)

Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/

Input/output data processing

Peripheral configuration

C710S008000, C710S104000

Reexamination Certificate

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07908406

ABSTRACT:
An architecture and method in an integrated circuit for configuring a controller to facilitate communication with a plurality of external device interfaces. The integrated circuit includes a processor, a first memory, a second memory, including a plurality of dedicated memory blocks containing configuration data, and a plurality of external device interfaces. The processor is configured to write a microcode instruction to the first memory. The controller is configured to read the microcode instruction in the first memory and as a result access one of the plurality of dedicated memory blocks. Next, the controller processes the configuration data in the dedicated memory block according to the microcode instruction. As a result, the controller is configured to communicate with one of the plurality of external device interfaces. This process may be repeated as needed to configure the controller to communicate with different device interfaces using different communication protocols.

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