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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2006
Xinlin Qing, Cupertino, CA (US);
Shawn J. Beard, Livermore, CA (US);
Zengpin Yu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Irene LI, Stanford, CA (US);
Xinlin Qing, Cupertino, CA (US);
Shawn J. Beard, Livermore, CA (US);
Zengpin Yu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Irene Li, Stanford, CA (US);
Acellent Technologies, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Use of a single line for switching multiple monitoring elements on/off, and a single line for sending signals to, or receiving signals from, those elements that are switched on. Monitoring elements each have an associated switching element, and each switching element is connected to a common switching line, or control line. A signal from the control line turns each switch on or off. Each monitoring element is also connected to a single signal line, and only those monitoring elements that are turned on can transmit/receive data signals along this signal line.