Apparatus and method for providing an interface to a compound Universal Serial Bus controller

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PATENT NO 6157975
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09004005

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A method and apparatus for providing a programming interface to a Universal Serial Bus Device. The programming interface is partitioned so that an external controller does not handle intermediate transfers such as packet retry, handshake packets or intermediate response to error conditions. The programming model consists of a number of endpoint pipes, each of which can be configured to provide one of several functions.

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NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION12500 TI BOULEVARD M/S 3999 DALLAS TX 75243

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Brief, David Ra'anana, IL 20 439
Waterson, Kent Bruce South Portland, ME 5 238

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