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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. 18, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven P Larky, Del Mar, CA (US);
Scott Swindle, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cypress Semiconductor Corp., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
713400 ; 713600 ;
Abstract
A USB-to-USB connecting device is provided for interconnecting two independent universal serial buses (USBs) and for synchronizing local device clocks to the data streams of both USBs. To interconnect the USBs, the device may include a separate local clock synchronization mechanism for each USB connected to the device. Each separate local clock synchronization may utilize the same reference clock. A method for interconnecting two USBs is also provided.