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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2004
Applicant:
Rupert Glaser, Höerlkofen, DE;
Inventor:
Rupert Glaser, Höerlkofen, DE;
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed is a processor element including a plurality of power supply interfaces, a plurality of power supply switches, and a fault-testing unit for testing whether a short-circuit to a connected adjacent processor element has occurred at a power supply interface. The respective power supply switch is closed in case no short-circuit has occurred such that electricity can be fed to the respective power supply interface.