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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2001
Anthony J Benson, Roseville, CA (US);
James J. deBlanc, Roseville, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An interface card includes a plurality of data paths with each data path extending from a first connector to a second connector. The second connector for coupling to a bus backplane. One or more of the data paths include a transceiver that accesses signals in a first bus signaling type, an isolator/converter that mutually isolates the plurality of data paths and that converts signals from the first bus signaling type to a second bus signaling type, and a bridge coupled from a first data path to a second data path of the plurality of data paths. The bridge is capable of controlling communication of signals between the first data path and the second data path.