US 11,892,958 B2
Communication on an I2C bus
François Tailliet, Fuveau (FR)
Assigned to STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS, Rousset (FR)
Filed by STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS, Rousset (FR)
Filed on Feb. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/667,515.
Claims priority of application No. 2101921 (FR), filed on Feb. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0276972 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 13/16 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 13/1668 (2013.01) [G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G06F 2212/2022 (2013.01); G06F 2213/0016 (2013.01)] 31 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of attribution, on a communication over an inter-integrated circuit (I2C) bus, of a first address to a first device by a second device, the method comprising:
receiving, by the first device from the second device, the first address over the I2C bus;
after receiving the first address, monitoring, by the first device, the I2C bus for acknowledgement data for the first address; and
in response to the second device not receiving the acknowledgment data for the first address, recording, by the first device, the first address.