Patent ID: 8659318

Claim:
An integrated circuit for implementing tristate signaling, said integrated circuit comprising a tristate system configured to convert an encapsulated unidirectional signal into a tristate signal, the encapsulated unidirectional signal being a unidirectional signal that is provided, by a user, via an input device: at least one role selected from a first set including one or more of read, write, address, data, chip select, and byte enable, and at least one role selected from a second set consisting of a prefix, and a suffix; the tristate system comprising: a tristate translator that converts a user command into the encapsulated unidirectional signal; and a slave translator connected to the tristate translator; wherein: said slave translator is configured to control a parameter including a timing relation between a control signal, an address signal, and a data signal or a delay between a read transaction and a write transaction.