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Apparatus for expanding the functionality of a serial data bus

US5408228A · kind A · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

Messerschmitt Bolkow Blohm GmbH · DE

Inventors

Jurgen Wnendt · Arnstein, DE
Siegfried Scheer · Dorfen, DE
Michael Kolbl · Schwanau, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 22, 1993
Grant date	Apr 18, 1995
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 22, 2013

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L12/40182
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electronic milbus repeater circuit for expanding the capacity of a two-wire bus used for the transmission of data. By means of logic circuitry of the Milbus repeater according to the invention, data received by the Milbus repeater is distributed between the secondary Milbus and the Milbus repeater's own internal bus according to the coded address and subaddress of each data transmission.

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