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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:
Feb. 22, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eric G Soenen, Plano, TX (US);
Angela C Dycus, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
34082531 ; 34082572 ; 34082531 ; 340539 ; 455352 ;
Abstract
A computer implemented method transmits and receives an information signal. A common start position is established for the receive mode where the information signal is received and a transmit mode where the information signal is transmitted. Either the receive mode to receive the information signal or the transmit mode to transmit the information signal is entered subsequent to establishing the common position. The start position is returned to after the receive mode the transmit the learn mode and the self-test mode has been entered.