Patent ID: 6240193
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: G06F,H04R

Abstract:
A serial interface for a programmable hearing aid comprising:a serial clock pin connected to a command register, a control register, a first two-input multiplexer, and a second two-input multiplexer, wherein said serial clock pin is used to input a serial clock that clocks in read and write instructions from a serial data stream;a serial data pin connected to an input of an input buffer and to an output of an output buffer, wherein said serial data pin is employed to input said serial data stream, said input buffer being connected to a first plurality of registers and said output buffer being connected to a second plurality of registers,a power pin connected to an input of an analog-to-digital converter, wherein an output of said analog-to-digital converter is connected to an analog-to-digital converter register; anda ground pin.