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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2007
Gerald Keith Bartley, Rochester, MN (US);
John Michael Borkenhagen, Rochester, MN (US);
Robert Allen Drehmel, Goodhue, MN (US);
James Anthony Marcella, Rochester, MN (US);
Gerald Keith Bartley, Rochester, MN (US);
John Michael Borkenhagen, Rochester, MN (US);
Robert Allen Drehmel, Goodhue, MN (US);
James Anthony Marcella, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A circuit arrangement, method and apparatus utilize communication links that are selectively configurable to operate in both unidirectional and bidirectional modes to communicate data between multiple nodes that are interconnected to one another in a daisy chain configuration. As a result, in many instances communications may be maintained with nodes located both before and after a discontinuity in a daisy chain configuration.