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General purpose protocol engine

US8521465B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 4, 2012
Grant dateAug 27, 2013
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Expiry dateMay 4, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L69/03
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, a protocol aware circuit for automatic test equipment, which includes a protocol generation circuit constructed to retrieve protocol unique data and format the protocol unique data with a selected protocol definition corresponding to a device under test for testing the device under test. The protocol generation circuit may be constructed to retrieve the selected protocol definition from a protocol definition table.

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