System for redirecting output to either return bus or next module line upon the detection of the presence or absence of next module using ground line
US5408616A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 4, 1992 |
| Grant date | Apr 18, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 4, 2012 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/409
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An electronic library system cabinet having a ring bus architecture with a high reliability backplane wherein the electronic library system includes a plurality of slots for receiving a plurality of modules therein. The modules capability of determining whether the adjacent slot is occupied by a module and alternately directing output information from the module onto a return bus if the adjacent slot is unoccupied or onto an intermodule connection line if the adjacent slot is occupied by a module.
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