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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 23, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert Griessbach, Weyarn, DE;
Assignee:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/2413 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/2413 ;
Abstract
In a data bus which is shared by several components, the components possess a hierarchical transmission token and are synchronized by a synchronization pulse. A clock signal of the synchronization pulse has a rate which is between the duration of transmission of the component with the highest priority token and the cumulative duration of transmission of all components.