Patent ID: 6141376
Filing Date: 2000-10-31
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A single chip multi-port communication device, comprising:an integrated circuit substrate;a multi-channel interface unit formed on said substrate for providing a plurality of simultaneous communication channels to effect bi-directional transmission of data, wherein said multi-channel interface unit includes a pair of simultaneous analog communications channels and a pair of simultaneous digital communication channels, wherein one of a pair of microprocessors controls one of the analog channels and one of the digital channels, and wherein the other one of the pair of microprocessors controls the other one of the analog channels and the other one of the digital channels;the pair of microprocessors formed on said substrate for processing the bi-directional transmission of data simultaneously via said plurality of communication channels; anda bus formed on said substrate for coupling together, for signal processing purposes, said multi-channel interface unit and said pair of microprocessors.