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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2005

Filed:

Mar. 26, 2001
Applicants:

Shekhar Y Borkar, Beaverton, OR (US);

Matthew B. Haycock, Beaverton, OR (US);

Stephen R. Mooney, Beaverton, OR (US);

Aaron K. Martin, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Joseph T. Kennedy, Beaverton, OR (US);

Inventors:

Shekhar Y Borkar, Beaverton, OR (US);

Matthew B. Haycock, Beaverton, OR (US);

Stephen R. Mooney, Beaverton, OR (US);

Aaron K. Martin, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Joseph T. Kennedy, Beaverton, OR (US);

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1228 ; G06F 1300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

In some embodiments, the invention involves a system having a first group of integrated circuits connected in a truncated ring fashion, wherein the truncated ring includes a truncated region to allow for additional integrated circuits to be added to the ring. In some embodiments, the invention involves a system having a group of integrated circuits connected in a pseudo ring fashion, wherein the pseudo ring is created by data flow of bi-directional signaling between the integrated circuits. In some embodiments, the invention involves a system having a group of integrated circuits connected in a pseudo differential arrangement in which multiple conductors carrying signals share a common reference signal conductor.


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