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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2001
Applicants:
David H. Harris, Boise, ID (US);
Gordon R. Clark, Meridian, ID (US);
Stephen D. Holland, Boise, ID (US);
Inventors:
David H. Harris, Boise, ID (US);
Gordon R. Clark, Meridian, ID (US);
Stephen D. Holland, Boise, ID (US);
Assignee:
Cypress Semiconductor Corp., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A mass storage device motherboard or secondary board includes a bridging circuit. The bridging circuit converts signals from the mass storage device into USB signals. The bridging circuit can be provided by a chip that converts ATA/ATAPI signals into USB signals.