Claims
- 1. An integrated circuit (IC) functional pathway configuration of 14 connections, comprising: VDD, VSS, OSC1/CLKIN, OSC2, RESET, RXIR, TXIR, MODE, EN, TX, RX, BAUD0, BAUD1 and BAUD2.
- 2. The IC functional pathway configuration according to claim 1, wherein the connections are arranged as follows:
- 3. A functional pathway configuration for an encode/decode function, comprising:
an encode TX function input and an encode TXIR function output; a decode RXIR function input and a decode RX function output; a logic MODE function input; a logic RESET function input; and at least one logic BAUD function input.
- 4. The functional pathway configuration according to claim 3, wherein the at least one logic BAUD function input is selected from the group consisting of BAUD0, BAUD1 and BAUD2.
- 5. A functional pathway configuration for an integrated circuit including encode/decode functions and logic as follows:
- 6. The functional pathway configuration according to claim 5, wherein pathway configuration function connections are arranged as follows:
- 7. A functional pathway configuration for an encoder/decoder, comprising:
a first set of seven connections P1, P2. . . P7, wherein each of the first set of seven connections has a dedicated function(s) as follows: 5CONNECTIONFUNCTION(S)P1VDDP2OSC1/CLKINP3OSC2P4RESETP5RXIRP6TXIRP7MODEand; a second set of seven connections P8, P9. . . P14, wherein each of the second set of seven connections has a dedicated function(s) as follows: 6CONNECTIONFUNCTION(S)P8BAUD2P9BAUD1P10BAUD0P11RXP12TXP13ENP14VSSwherein at least one of the sets is disposed on one side of an integrated circuit package.
- 8. A system having a functional pathway configuration for an interface between an integrated circuit (IC) and a system in which the IC is embedded, comprising VDD, VSS, OSC1/CLKIN, OSC2, RESET, RXIR, TXIR, MODE, EN, TX, RX, BAUD0, BAUD1 and BAUD2.
- 9. A functional pathway configuration for an interface between a system including a UART, an infrared transmitter and receiver, and an integrated circuit (IC) embedded in the system, comprising:
- 10. The functional pathway configuration according to claim 10, wherein:
a UART output interfaces with a function TX; the UART input interfaces with a function RX; an infrared transmitter input interfaces with a function TXIR; and an infrared receiver output interfaces with a function RXIR.
- 11. The functional pathway configuration according to claim 10, wherein pathway configuration function connections are arranged as follows:
- 12. The functional pathway configuration according to claim 9, further comprising:
a first set of seven connections P1, P2. . . P7, wherein each of the first set of seven connections has a dedicated function(s) as follows: 9CONNECTIONFUNCTION(S)P1VDDP2OSC1/CLKINP3OSC2P4RESETP5RXIRP6TXIRP7MODEand; a second set of seven connections P8, P9. . . P14, wherein each of the second set of seven connections has a dedicated function(s) as follows: 10CONNECTIONFUNCTION(S)P8BAUD2P9BAUD1P10BAUD0P11RXP12TXP13ENP14VSSwherein at least one of the sets is disposed on one side of an integrated circuit package.
RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] The application is related to co-pending application Ser. No. ______, entitled “Infrared Encoder/Decoder Having Hardware and Software Data Rate Selection” by Steven Eric Schlanger, filed ______, and incorporated herein by reference for all purposes.