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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2001
Applicants:
Matthew J. Schumacher, Cypress, TX (US);
M. Scott Bunker, Tomball, TX (US);
Inventors:
Matthew J. Schumacher, Cypress, TX (US);
M. Scott Bunker, Tomball, TX (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one aspect, the invention is a tuned stub, SCSI topology comprising a SCSI bus, a breakout node on the SCSI bus, an external SCSI connector on the SCSI bus at a first point defined by a first propagation delay; an internal SCSI connector on the SCSI bus at a second point defined by a second propagation delay, the first and second propagation delays being substantially equal; a SCSI adapter electrically tapping the breakout node; and a terminator electrically tapping the breakout node.