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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:
Aug. 03, 1993
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jay R Goetz, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
371 36 ; 395575 ; 371 683 ;
Abstract
A N-modular redundancy fault tolerant computing system comprises a plurality of microprocessors having their data outputs applied simultaneously to a voter. In accordance with this invention, the system can be event driven while still maintaining synchrony. This is accomplished by providing timing means for establishing a predetermined program execution interval comprised of a fixed number of clock cycles for the plurality of computer means of the N-modular fault tolerant system, the timing means assuring that all of said computer means achieve an identical machine state at the end of the predetermined program execution interval.