Integrated circuit having a generic communication interface

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2006-07-11

2006-07-11

Elamin, A. (Department: 2116)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support

Digital data processing system initialization or configuration

C713S002000, C709S220000, C709S223000, C709S228000, C709S237000, C370S465000, C370S466000, C370S467000, C370S469000

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07076642

ABSTRACT:
An integrated circuit having a generic communication interface, the integrated circuit comprising a primary processing unit and at least a first and a second communication interface for the primary processing unit for communicating in accordance with at least a first and a second communication protocol, characterized in that a set of registers of the communication interface are arranged such that a specific register functionality is accessible independently of a selection of the first or the second communication interface.

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