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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1999
Thomas A. Odegard, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Larry J. Thomas, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Bryan P. Hansen, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Aaron Levine, Rio Rancho, NM (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
This invention provides fault tolerant capability for a Versa Module Eurocards backplane system design for high reliability applications. An approach of connecting two independent backplanes together electrically, but providing isolation capabilities in the event of a failure was developed. The electrical connection or integrated bridge design provides a virtual connection between the two VME backplanes that is transparent to the end user. The integrated virtual VMEbus design provides a low latency, high bandwidth interconnect between modules whether located on the same local bus or the electrically isolateable bus. This dual-VME fault tolerant backplane design eliminates complete system failures due to single event failures.