Communication device with circuitry to promote cascade series connection including identification of device position in the series and sensing the end device in the series
US6523070B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 23, 2000 |
| Grant date | Feb 18, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 23, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/4072
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A communications apparatus comprising a plurality of communication devices each having a plurality of ports and a data bus interconnecting the plurality of units, wherein each device is provided with means enabling the device to detect automatically its position on the data bus.
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