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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:
Feb. 25, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
David W. Voth, Woodinville, WA (US);
Ray A. Bittner, Jr., Redmond, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/300 ;
Abstract
A computer system includes a centerplane formed by a printed circuit board. The centerplane has a plurality of Desktop PCI electrical connectors on one side and a plurality of CompactPCI electrical connectors on the other. This allows the use of both Desktop and CompactPCI boards in a signal bus board, without requiring complex bridging circuits. In addition, this allows additional boards to be used without extending the length of the PCI bus.