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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2007
Markus Ihle, Jettenburg, DE;
Tobias Lorenz, Schwieberdingen, DE;
Jan Taube, Reutlingen, DE;
Stefan Bleeck, Hohenfelde, DE;
Markus Ihle, Jettenburg, DE;
Tobias Lorenz, Schwieberdingen, DE;
Jan Taube, Reutlingen, DE;
Stefan Bleeck, Hohenfelde, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A multiprocessor gateway for multiple serial buses includes: multiple communication modules that are each provided for connection of one serial bus; multiple processors for processing data that are transferred in word-based fashion, via an internal system bus appurtenant to the respective processor, between the processor and the communication modules, the internal system buses of the multiprocessor gateway being connected to the communication modules, which have a respective appurtenant interface unit for each system bus, each processor exchanging data, via its appurtenant system bus and the interface unit, appurtenant to the system bus, of a communication module, with the serial bus connected to the communication module, independently of the other processors and without waiting time.