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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2005
Applicants:
Timothy R. Houston, Weston, FL (US);
Charles E. Browder, Boca Roton, FL (US);
Carlos A. Garrafa, North Lauderdale, FL (US);
Inventors:
Timothy R. Houston, Weston, FL (US);
Charles E. Browder, Boca Roton, FL (US);
Carlos A. Garrafa, North Lauderdale, FL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A cable area network (CAN) bus termination () is provided by an interfaceoperably coupling a cable detection input pin (), a switch () and a termination resistance () to detect the presence and absence of one or more cables (). The termination resistance () is automatically enabled to create terminations at end nodes and is automatically disabled to provide a daisy-chain connection between interim nodes of a multi-cable system.