Patent ID: 9158727
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: G01R,G06F

Abstract:
1. An integrated circuit, comprising: a monitoring circuit to measure at least one voltage present on an input of the integrated circuit; a first transceiver for point-to-point connection to a first adjacent integrated circuit in a daisy chain network, the first transceiver to receive an input signal from the network representing a command identified in a command type field, the input signal directed to one of a plurality of integrated circuits in the daisy chain network identified by an address value provided in an address field of the command, and for transmitting an output signal to the network; a second transceiver for point-to-point connection to a second adjacent integrated circuit in the daisy chain network; and a controller communicatively coupled to the first transceiver and configured to determine a type of the command; wherein, when the provided address value matches an address of the integrated circuit, the controller: wherein, when the provided address value does not match the address of the integrated circuit, the controller causes the second transceiver to transmit the command to a next segment of the daisy chain network.