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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2017
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Luiz C. Alves, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Patrick J. Meaney, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Christopher N. Oelsner, Boeblingen, DE;
Gary A. Peterson, Rochester, MN (US);
Christopher Steffen, Rochester, MN (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 1/24 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 43/50 (2013.01); G06F 13/4022 (2013.01); G06F 13/4282 (2013.01); H04L 1/24 (2013.01); H04L 41/0645 (2013.01); H04L 41/0659 (2013.01); H04L 43/0823 (2013.01);
Abstract
A technique relates to dynamic time-domain reflectometry (TDR). A machine spares a bad lane in a bus. The bad lane is taken offline. TDR is dynamically executed on the bad lane while the bus is still in operation. A defect is isolated using results of the TDR.