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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 dateFeb 23, 2000
Grant dateFeb 18, 2003
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Expiry dateFeb 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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