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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:
Jan. 16, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
William P. Bunton, Pflugerville, TX (US);
David A. Brown, Austin, TX (US);
John C. Krause, Georgetown, TX (US);
Charles E. Peet, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Tandem Computers Incorporated, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/300 ;
Abstract
A system and technique of auto-configuring a first module to be in the same mode as a second module includes testing the frequency of a clock signal received from the second module to determine its mode of operation. The first module then auto-configures its ports to be in the same state as the second module. Additional test include the number of clock signals and symbol size to detect additional modes of operation. The first module is auto-configured as a result of the tests.