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Patent No.:

US 6590907 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2003

Filed:

Oct. 01, 1999

Integrated circuit with additional ports

Applicant:
Inventors:

Andrew M. Jones, Bristol, GB;

John A. Carey, Bristol, GB;

Bernard Ramanadin, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Atsushi Hasegawa, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

STMicroelectronics Ltd., , GB;

Attorney:

Lisa K. Jorgenson

Primary Examiner:

Hassan Kizou

Assistant Examiner:

Anh-Vu H Ly

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/300 ;
Abstract

An integrated circuit which has a packet router to which a plurality of functional modules are connected by respective ports is described. One of the ports acts as a socket port for an expansion socket. The expansion socket provides a plurality of additional expansion ports to which additional functional modules can optionally be connected. All the ports connected to the packet router, including the expansion socket port, preferably lie in a common address space for the integrated circuit.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Jones, Andrew. (2003). Integrated circuit with additional ports (U.S. Patent No. 6590907). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/6590907

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