Methods for discovery, configuration, and coordinating data communications between master and slave devices in a communication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8990464-B2
Application number	US-201213646382-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 5, 2012
Priority date	Oct 5, 2011
Publication date	Mar 24, 2015
Grant date	Mar 24, 2015

Abstract

Various embodiments of the present invention methods for discovery, configuration, and coordinating data communications between master and slave devices in a communication system. Exemplary embodiments are described with reference to a two-wire point-to-point bus system, although the method can be used in other communication systems. Provisions are included for controlling the sequential powering of the bus and slave devices.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. In a communication system having a master device, at least one intermediate slave device, and a last slave device communicatively coupled in series, a method for coordinating data communications between the master device and a succession of slave devices, the method comprising:
periodically transmitting a synchronization control frame by the master device downstream to a first intermediate slave device in the succession of slave devices;
selectively forwar…

Assignees

• Analog Devices Inc

Inventors

• Kessler Martin

Classifications

• H04B2203/5445

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L2012/40273

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L12/403

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G06F9/4411

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04L12/40045

  Electricity · mapped topic