Full bandwidth communication buses

Full bandwidth communication buses are disclosed. While primarily focused on the Serial Low-power Inter-chip Media Bus (SLIMbus) communication bus, the concepts of the present disclosure may be extended to other communication buses. Exemplary aspects of the present disclosure utilize a reserved segment distribution code and a segment length to define a Segment Interval that is better-sized relative to raw data bits. By fitting the segment interval to the size of the raw data bits, bandwidth utilization is maximized, resulting in faster effective data transfers. Completion of such efficient data transfers may allow the communication bus to spend more time in a low-power mode and thus, conserve power. Additionally, such efficient data transfers may allow for better quality in presentation of multimedia content to the user. 公开了全带宽通信总线。尽管主要关注于串行低功率芯片间媒体总线(SLIMbus)通信总线，但本公开的概念可被扩展到其他通信总线。本公开的各示例性方面利用保留段分布代码和段长度来定义相对于原始数据位有更佳大小的段间隔。通过使得段间隔适合原始数据位的大小，使带宽利用率最大化，从而导致较快的有效数据传输。完成这种有效的数据传输可以允许通信总线在低功率模式下花费较多的时间，并由此节省功率。