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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:
Sep. 27, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas J McHugh, Raleigh, NC (US);
Claude M Hurlocker, Raleigh, NC (US);
Larry W Lemonds, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
Alcatel Network Systems, Inc., Richardson, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
333 / ; 333156 ; 333160 ; 371-91 ;
Abstract
A local area network interface for a network element having redundant processors is made by using a pair of connectors for each processor. A delay line is used between pairs of connectors for non-redundant LAN configurations. For redundant LANs, the delay line is not used.