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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:
Oct. 22, 1985
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Powell L Calder, Georgetown, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364200 ;
Abstract
A device interface controller provides a sophisticated communication link between a central processor and peripheral digital apparatus. The device interface controller provides simultaneous read and write operations with the peripheral digital apparatus. The device interface controller communicates with the peripheral digital apparatus, providing data to that apparatus and receiving data from that apparatus, as well as commanding the apparatus to perform functions peculiar to the selected device.