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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. 10, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 24, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Franklyn Hayward Story, Chandler, AZ (US);
Brian Dale Logsdon, Glendale, AZ (US);
David Spaniol, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Philips Semiconductors, Inc., Tarrytown, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/314 ; G06F 1/340 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/314 ; G06F 1/340 ;
Abstract
A point-to-point or ring connectable bus bridge replicates a PCI bus serially over a point-to-point or ring connected network and the Fiber Channel interface enhanced by a method for improving link performance provides the serial connection. Participants can appear as resources or masters on the PCI bus and connections can be made to existing bus controllers and existing bus peripherals without redesign.