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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. 17, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Steven P Weir, Petaluma, CA (US);
Assignee:
Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B / ; H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
375257 ; 379269 ; 379398 ; 379399 ;
Abstract
A bus system providing increased connection flexibility and hot pluggable connections includes an open collector bus, a receiver connected to the open collector bus via a current sensor, a driver connected to the open collector bus, a peripheral card and a flexible cable operatively coupling the peripheral card, the receiver and the driver so as to provide point-to-point connection between the peripheral card and the open collector bus. The current sensor provides a control signal to the driver to increase the impedance of the driver in the event that a current is produced by the peripheral card.