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Circuit for interfacing data busses

US5555433A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 13, 1994
Grant dateSep 10, 1996
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Expiry dateJun 13, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F13/364
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system for changing the source and destination devices of data transfers under software control. Default data transfers are made from numbered source devices to the same-numbered destination devices, the data requests being routed through multiplexers which pair, for example, source 1 with destination 1, source 2 with destination 2, etc. The multiplexer control signals originate in a register which is originally loaded with default control bits. However, in real time, the bits within the control register can be re-loaded to provide outputs other than the default values. Then, the data from a source can be directed to any one of the destination devices.

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