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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 24, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bhaskarpillai Gopinath, Watchung, NJ (US);
Peter Zenon Onufryk, North Plainfield, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Network Machines, Inc., Piscataway, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B / ; G05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364132 ; 364141 ; 364142 ; 364155 ;
Abstract
The states of a distributed finite state machine composed of a plurality of devices are coordinated by a sequence of operations to effect a self-timed cycle. Each device is arranged to apply a voltage over one or more leads and measure the current on the corresponding leads. With the methodology, while engendering self-timed cycles, the number of leads interconnecting the devices is also minimized.