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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2002
Applicants:
Daniel P. Drogichen, Leucadia, CA (US);
Eric E. Graf, Hillsboro, OR (US);
James A. Gilbert, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Daniel P. Drogichen, Leucadia, CA (US);
Eric E. Graf, Hillsboro, OR (US);
James A. Gilbert, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 7/02 (2006.01); H04L 7/04 (2006.01); H04L 7/10 (2006.01); H03K 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for updating serial devices. The apparatus includes a plurality of serial registers. The apparatus further includes a device adapted to provide a signal and a plurality of parallel registers, wherein each of the parallel registers is adapted to access at least one of the plurality of serial registers at substantially the same time in response to detecting the signal.