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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2011
Applicants:
John E. Lemonovich, Bridgeville, PA (US);
William A. Sharp, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Inventors:
John E. Lemonovich, Bridgeville, PA (US);
William A. Sharp, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Assignee:
Ansaldo STS USA, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A programmable logic apparatus includes a shared memory having a first port, a second port and a third port; a first vital processor interfaced to the first port of the shared memory; and a non-vital communications processor separated from the first vital processor in the programmable logic apparatus and interfaced to the second port of the shared memory. The third port of the shared memory is an external port structured to interface an external second vital processor.