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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2007
James B. Mckim, Jr., Blairstown, NJ (US);
John W. Hyde, Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Marko Vulovic, Wharton, NJ (US);
Buck H. Chan, Budd Lake, NJ (US);
John F. Kenny, Califon, NJ (US);
Richard A. Carlson, Newton, NJ (US);
James B. McKim, Jr., Blairstown, NJ (US);
John W. Hyde, Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Marko Vulovic, Wharton, NJ (US);
Buck H. Chan, Budd Lake, NJ (US);
John F. Kenny, Califon, NJ (US);
Richard A. Carlson, Newton, NJ (US);
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for synchronous communications using a serial data stream employs a housing with a controller and a back plane. The housing accepts one or more modules for interconnection with the back plane. The back plane distributes power to the modules and provides a communication link from the controller to each module. Each communication link includes a data out line, a data in line and a clock line, where each clock line is derived from one clock source.