Patent ID: 7298302

Claim:
A system for presenting serial drive signals for effecting communication of a plurality of parallel data signals; the system comprising: (a) a control unit; (b) a serializing unit coupled with said control unit; and (c) a tri-state logic device coupled with said serializing unit; said control unit providing said plurality of parallel data signals and providing a plurality of parallel logic state signals to said serializing unit; said serializing unit treating said plurality of parallel data signals to present a serial data signal at a first output locus; said serial data signal representing said plurality of parallel data signals; said serializing unit treating said plurality of parallel logic state signals to present a serial logic state signal at a second output locus; said serial logic state signal representing said plurality of parallel logic state signals; said tri-state logic device receiving said serial data signal and said serial logic state signal for logical evaluation; said tri-state logic device presenting said serial drive signals at a third output locus; each respective said drive signal having a respective drive state of a plurality of drive states; each said respective drive state being determined by said logical evaluation.