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Real-time hardware master/slave re-initialization

US6038624A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 24, 1998
Grant dateMar 14, 2000
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Expiry dateFeb 24, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F13/4081
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A computer system in which various system peripherals are automatically re-initialized after being hot-swapped. The reinitialization includes accommodation of any required master/slave relationships between the peripherals.

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