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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:
Feb. 05, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2002
Applicants:
Kenneth R. Marshall, Nampa, ID (US);
Jan S. Wesolowski, Redwood City, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kenneth R. Marshall, Nampa, ID (US);
Jan S. Wesolowski, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Network Equipment Technologies, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A synchronous serial bus features a variable data size format and an in-line addressing and data architecture. Flexible addressing allows for a variety of slave devices and configurations. Frequent parity checking during a transaction allows for faster error recovery. Repeater devices connect multiple slaves to the master using only point-to-point physical connections, thus providing multidrop architecture while at the same time ensuring excellent signal integrity and allowing a very high speed operation.