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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. 04, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 28, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Scott Weinman, Dallas, TX (US);
William Vincent Miller, Arlington, TX (US);
Assignee:
National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395824 ; 395308 ;
Abstract
The pin count of an integrated ISA-type bus controller and PCMCIA-type bus controller is reduced by utilizing a single external bus which supports both ISA-type and PCMCIA-type devices, and by placing control over the bus with the controller that controls the device that corresponds with the input address ADD.