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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 1990
Filed:
Dec. 05, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert A Curtis, Hudson, MA (US);
Assignee:
Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364900 ; 36492796 ; 3649339 ; 36494062 ; 3408255 ; 307571 ;
Abstract
A pass-through and isolation switch for connecting a terminal to a computer and for disconnecting the terminal from the computer without disrupting any sessions which may have been opened on the computer by the terminal. The switch includes a first gate and a second gate for switching in and out balanced termination loads across corresponding input terminals of the switch depending on the state of a control signal. And it includes a third gate and a fourth gate for preventing or allowing the passage of signals between the terminal and the computer, also depending upon the state of the control signal.