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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:
Nov. 12, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Inventec Corporation, Taipei, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/1267 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/1267 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for testing the WAIT signal line of a communication interface socket to detect whether the WAIT signal line of the socket, such as a PCMCIA socket, can work properly. The present invention utilizes an electrical switch and several status signal lines, such as IOWR and IN signal lines, to identify the status of the WAIT signal line and detect whether the WAIT signal line works properly according to the status signal lines being in a HIGH state or a LOW state.