IP Library Granted Patent US 8,041,868
Granted Patent B2
US 8,041,868 · App. 12/805,114 · Granted Oct 18, 2011

Bus relay device and bus control system including bus masters, interconnect section, and bridge section

Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,041,868
App. No.
12/805,114
Granted
Oct 18, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A combination includes a first bus master coupled to a first bus to output a first signal group including at least one of signals onto the first bus, a second bus master coupled to the first bus to output a second signal group including at least one of signals onto the first bus, an interconnect section coupled between the first bus and a second bus to receive the first and second signal groups and to output a third signal group including at least one of signals onto the second bus, and a bridge section coupled between the second bus and a third bus to receive the third signal group and to output a fourth signal group including at least one of signals onto the third bus free from performing a selecting operation for the third signal group.

Claims (19)

1. A bus apparatus, comprising:

a first bus master coupled to a first bus to output a first signal group including at least one of signals onto the first bus;

a second bus master coupled to the first bus to output a second signal group including at least one of signals onto the first bus;

an interconnect section coupled between the first bus and a second bus to receive the first and second signal groups and to output a third signal group including at least one of signals onto the second bus; and

a bridge section coupled between the second bus and a third bus to receive the third signal group and to output a fourth signal group including at least one of signals onto the third bus free from performing a selecting operation for the third signal group,

wherein a bit width of the third signal group indicating an address is equal to a bit width of the first signal group indicating an address.

2. The bus apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a bus slave coupled to the third bus to receive the fourth signal group.

3. The bus apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the bit width of the third signal group is equal to a bit width of the second signal group indicating an address.

4. The bus apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the bit width of the third signal group indicating an address is wider than a bit width of the fourth signal group indicating an address.

5. A bus system, comprising:

a first bus master coupled to a first bus to output a first signal group including at least one of signals onto the first bus;

a second bus master coupled to the first bus to output a second signal group including at least one of signals onto the first bus;

an interconnect section coupled between the first bus and a second bus to receive the first and second signal groups and to output a third signal group including at least one of signals onto the second bus; and

a bridge section coupled between the second bus and a third bus to receive the third signal group and to output a fourth signal group including at least one of signals onto the third bus,

wherein the third signal group includes a write enable signal.

6. The bus system according to claim 5 , wherein the fourth signal group also includes a write enable signal.

7. The bus system according to claim 5 , further comprising:

a bus slave coupled to the third bus to receive the fourth signal group.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Nov 29, 2017
From: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044928/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 26, 2010
From: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025191/0916 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2006-315166 · Nov 22, 2006 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 11984607 · Nov 20, 2007
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