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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 1984
Filed:
Feb. 23, 1981
Edward H Greenwood, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Gen Rad, Inc., , MA (US);
Abstract
A buffer circuit interfaces between a bus request conductor coupled to a processor and a bus request terminal of a first circuit that is capable of asserting control over a data bus coupled to the processor. The buffer circuit includes a flip-flop that stores a state indicative of whether the first circuit is monitoring or driving its bus request terminal. The buffer circuit also includes circuitry that reproduces the logic level of the bus request conductor on the bus request terminal of the first circuit if the flip-flop contents indicate monitoring by the first circuit and reproduces the logic level of the bus request terminal on the bus request conductor if the flip-flop contents indicate driving by the first circuit.
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