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Using communication cycles for connecting and disconnecting devices in a computer system

US6073196A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 30, 1997
Grant dateJun 6, 2000
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Expiry dateJun 30, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02D10/00
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A computer system has a communication link (e.g., a bus) and a removable circuit card that is inserted into a connector. In association with a change in the electrical state (e.g., one or more signals being disconnected or connected) between the removable circuit card and the connector, at least a portion of a predetermined communication cycle is furnished to the communication link.

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