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US 2002/0059490 A1Published application
Driving the last inbound signal on a line in a bus with a termination
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorHarry Muljono
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Abstract
Supporting termination on a bus. According to one embodiment of the present invention a device coupled to a line in the bus receives data from the line. The device stores the data in a storage medium and then drives the data back on the line immediately after receiving the data.
Claims28
A method comprising:
- receiving data from a line;
- storing the data in a storage medium;
- and
- driving the data back on the line immediately after receiving the data.
1 more element
A method for operating a system comprising:
- receiving first data from a line in a first circuit;
- storing the first data in a storage medium in the first circuit;
- driving the first data back on the line from the first circuit immediately after receiving the first data;
- and
- driving second data on the line from the first circuit to a second circuit after driving the first data back on the line.
2 more elements
A circuit comprising:
- a termination circuit coupled to a line;
- a receiver coupled to the line to receive data from the line;
- a storage medium to store the data;
- a driver coupled to the line;
- and
- a control circuit to:
- enable the termination circuit and the receiver to receive the data;
- store the data in the storage medium;
- disable the termination circuit and the receiver;
- enable the driver;
- and
- cause the driver to drive the data back on the line immediately after the data has been received.
9 more elements
A system comprising:
- a first circuit coupled to a line to receive and store first data from the line, to drive the first data back on to the line immediately after receiving the first data, and then to drive second data on to the line;
- and
- a second circuit coupled to the line to receive and store the second data from the line, and to drive the second data back on to the line immediately after receiving the second data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.