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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2005
Guenter Sifnatsch, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Matthew Richter, Woodside, CA (US);
Maxym Makhota, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Guenter Sifnatsch, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Matthew Richter, Woodside, CA (US);
Maxym Makhota, Santa Clara, CA (US);
MKS Instruments, Inc., Andover, MA (US);
Abstract
An address-transparent device is disclosed that couples two networks in a semiconductor fab and communicates packets between a host on a first network and a tool on a second network. Optionally, the address-transparent device intercepts packets for local use by a data consumer that resides within or outside of the address-transparent device. The address-transparent device can intercept all or a portion of data streams. As another option, the address-transparent device reroutes packet to another destination by changing the header of the received packet.