Increasing the availability of the universal serial bus interconnects
US5903777A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 2, 1997 |
| Grant date | May 11, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 2, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/0757
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A Universal Serial Bus hub circuit includes an upstream port and a plurality of downstream ports. The hub circuit further includes input circuitry via which data received on one of the downstream ports is to be repeated to the upstream port. Asynchronous event detection circuitry is to detect an asynchronous event in the received data for the one downstream port. Port selection circuitry to select the one downstream port. Timer circuitry is to measure a time period from a time that the asynchronous event detection circuitry detects an asynchronous event. Synchronous event detection circuitry is to detect a synchronous event in the received data for the one port. End-of-event generation circuitry generates a simulated end-of-event signal if the detected synchronous event is not before the end of the measured time period, and provides the simulated end-of-event signal to the upstream port.
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