System having a meshed backplane and process for transferring data therethrough
US6611526B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | May 8, 2000 |
| Grant date | Aug 26, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 8, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L12/6402
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A meshed backplane has dedicated pairs of connections for high-speed serial connection in each direction between each of multiple application modules and each other application module. A management/control bus is provided for out-of-band signaling. The mesh of serial differential pairs may be used for management/control bus signals when necessary. A time division multiplexing fabric is also provided for telephony applications. A star interconnect region is provided for distribution of signals from redundant clocks.
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