Patent ID: 8750415

Claim:
A Linear Interconnect Network (LIN) network comprising: a transmit driver for communicating on a single communication bus; and a slope control module operably coupled to a supply voltage and arranged to compare a supply voltage level provided to the slope control module by the supply voltage to a threshold voltage level, and in response thereto and via control of the transmit driver selectively apply: a first voltage transition mode comprising a fixed DV/DT slope transition in response to the supply voltage level being below the threshold voltage level, wherein the fixed DV/DT slope transition is not based on the supply voltage level, wherein a slope of the fixed DV/DT slope transition is the same for different supply voltage levels that are below the threshold voltage level in response to the fixed DV/DT slope transition; and a second voltage transition mode comprising a fixed time transition in response to the supply voltage level being greater than the threshold voltage level, wherein a slope of the second voltage transition mode is based on the supply voltage level, wherein the slope transition is greater for higher supply voltage levels than lower supply voltage levels above the threshold voltage level in response to the fixed time transition.