Bus arbiter system and method for managing communication buses
US6253269A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 22, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jun 26, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 22, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2213/0016
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A communication interface device with a card chassis capable of holding a number of electronic equipment or circuit cards. The card chassis provides a communication backplane that provides a plurality of communication buses accessing each of the equipment cards in the card chassis. To select between communication buses with mutually exclusive access to the electronic circuit card, an arbiter monitors the communication buses and determines which of the plurality of communication bus will be provided access to the electronic circuit card.
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