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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:
Jul. 11, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mauricio Ribes, Santiago, CL;
Gunter Spahlinger, Stuttgart, DE;
Assignee:
Litton Systems, Inc., Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
713400 ; 713500 ;
Abstract
A synchronous serial bus with timing information implemented in the bus standard protocol is provided for a bi-directional serial multi-channel data interchange between locally dedicated measuring instruments in a distributed configuration and/or with a data processing unit. This provides synchronized interchange of data between the instruments wherein each instrument is provided with an allocated controller. The invention permits one to employ a simple, preferably standardized, bus protocol. Wiring structure is considerably simplified for a complex multi-sensor system.