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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 1989
Filed:
Jul. 25, 1986
David C McGill, Houston, TX (US);
Gary J McIntire, Friendswood, TX (US);
Mitchell T Stowe, League City, TX (US);
Ford Aerospace & Communications Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A telemetry data processor for processing extremely high bandwidth data such as that associated with telemetry from spacecraft. A demultiplexer (1) distributes the data onto several channels (CHl through CHn), each comprising a (preferably split-cycle synchronous) processing bus (BUSl through BUSn). Processing can occur on each of the n buses simultaneously. Several processor modules (P boards) are directly coupled to each processing bus, with each P board directly coupled to two buses. Several memory modules (M boards) are directly coupled to each processing bus, with each M board directly coupled to two buses. The functions and architectures of the P boards and M boards are described, along with those of D boards (disk controller modules) and I boards (modules for interfacing the telemetry data processor with its outside environment, which may comprise local area networks, peripherals, gateways, etc.).