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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, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 18, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dennis D Hansen, Grapevine, TX (US);
Assignee:
Raytheon Company, Lexington, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395882 ; 395884 ;
Abstract
A federated system comprising a plurality of input/output circuit card assemblies and a Firewire or other daisy-chainable bus that provides low latency communication between a host computer and peripheral devices. A single circuit card assembly is used to interface to each peripheral device, and communication between the host computer and peripheral device may be made using a plurality of different communication protocols. The input/output circuit card assembly is daisy-chainable and incorporates circuitry that implements a bus constructed to Firewire (IEEE-1394) and other electrical specifications.