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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bruce W Melvin, Roseville, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370492 ; 370465 ; 370468 ;
Abstract
A multi-segment repeater includes a first inter-repeater bus and a second inter-repeater bus. A first repeater circuit is connected to the first inter-repeater bus and to the second inter-repeater bus. The first repeater circuit includes a 10 megabit repeater core, and one or more 100 megabit repeater cores. A selector selects which of the repeater cores is to be connected to the first inter-repeater bus. Additionally, provision is made to allow a 100 megabit repeater core to be connected to the second inter-repeater bus.