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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1998
Martin Blaszczyk, Villa Park, IL (US);
Vincent E. Bridge, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Daniel E. Radke, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Brent E. Taylor, Batavia, IL (US);
Michael Zurat, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system and method for translating a non-logic-family signal level into a logic-family signal level, the system comprising: a source of a non-logic-family signal that can assume a first and a second non-logic-family state; and a translator for determining whether the signal is in the first non-logic-family state, and if so, providing a translated signal having a first-logic family level. The translator can take the form of a comparator controlling an output transistor tied to a pull-up resistor, or a programmed processor. Examples of the logic-families include transistor-transistor logic (TTL) and complimentary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) logic. Examples of sources of non-logic-family signals includes a light emitting diode, a buzzer and a beeping device.