Flow control for a Serial Peripheral Interface bus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9003091
APP PUB NO 20140115209A1
SERIAL NO

13655241

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Systems and methods for flow control within a Serial Peripheral Interface without additional signal lines are included herein. In one example, a method includes generating a flow control command. The method also includes sending the flow control command from a master device to a slave device with a Serial Peripheral Interface. In addition, the method includes sending a memory address from the master device to the slave device. Furthermore, the method includes detecting a ready indicator in the master device. The method also includes waiting to receive a ready indicator and communicating with the slave device in response to the ready indicator.

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  • HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Brown, Andrew Houston, US 181 2238
Emerson, Theodore F Tomball, US 76 1649
Heinrich, David F Tomball, US 54 783
Leigh, Kevin B Houston, US 159 1336
Nguyen, Vincent Houston, US 87 735
Thome, Gary Houston, US 1 13

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