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Patent US8015340 - Enhanced data communication by a non-volatile memory card - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Advanced Patent Search | Web History | Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsA method of transmitting a stream of data bits from a memory card to a host device includes determining, at the memory card, a first number of data lines between the memory card and the host device, from one to a plurality of data lines. If the first number of data lines is determined to be a plurality...http://www.google.ca/patents/US8015340?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8015340 - Enhanced data communication by a non-volatile memory cardPublication numberUS8015340 B2Publication typeGrantApplication number12/762,041Publication date6 Sep 2011Filing date16 Apr 2010Priority date17 Aug 2000Also published asUS7895377, US20090240854, US20100199032, US20110113158Publication number12762041, 762041, US 8015340 B2, US 8015340B2, US-B2-8015340, US8015340 B2, US8015340B2InventorsYoram Cedar, Micky Holtzman, Yosi PintoOriginal AssigneeSandisk CorporationPatent Citations (60), Non-Patent Citations (50), Classifications (26) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetEnhanced data communication by a non-volatile memory cardUS 8015340 B2Abstract A method of transmitting a stream of data bits from a memory card to a host device includes determining, at the memory card, a first number of data lines between the memory card and the host device, from one to a plurality of data lines. If the first number of data lines is determined to be a plurality of data lines, the method includes switching, at the memory card, the data stream between one of the first number of data lines and another of the first number of data lines after each occurrence of a second number of one or more bits of the data stream having passed toward the host device. The method also includes, if the first number of data lines is determined to be one data line, transmitting, from the memory card, the stream of data bits over the one data line to the host device.
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