Reconfigurable data bus
US4032893A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 23, 1976 |
| Grant date | Jun 28, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 23, 1996 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L12/42
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A digital data communication system having a plurality of digital nodal communication devices interconnected by a digital data bus in a fixed physical manner in which the data bus structure may be electrically reconfigured without physical modification of the digital data bus. The ability to reconfigure the digital data bus is accomplished by the insertion of a digital reconfigurable data bus module into the position on the digital data bus previously held by one of the digital nodal communication devices and the connection of the replaced digital nodal communication device to the digital reconfigurable data bus module. The digital reconfigurable data bus module contains a transceiver mechanism capable of receiving and transmitting digital information to and from the digital data bus, an adapter mechanism for communicating with the replaced digital nodal communication device and a switching mechanism capable of the multiple switching of data from the adapter section which is connected to the replaced digital nodal communication device to the transceiver section which is connected to the digital data bus. The digital reconfigurable data bus module allows a fixed configuration of nod…
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