Electrical Engineering Glossary Definition for I²S

Definition

Inter-IC Sound (I²S) is an electrical bus interface standard used for connecting digital audio devices. The I²S bus separates clock and data signals, resulting in a very low-jitter connection. The bus consists of three lines: a clock line, a word-select line, and a multiplexed-data line.

Synonyms

• Integrated Interchip Sound
• IIS
• Inter-IC Sound

See Also

• I2C
• TDM
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