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US 2008/0301352 A1Published application
Bus architecture
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsP. Maurice Bland, Moises Cases, Jonathan R. Hinkle, Pravin Patel, Nam H. Pham
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Abstract
A system and method for implementing a bus. In one embodiment, the system includes a bus switch operative to couple to a bus, and a plurality of trace segments coupled to the bus switch, where the trace segments have different lengths. The bus switch is operative to connect one of the trace segments to the bus based on at least one system requirement, and the selected trace segment cancels signal reflections on the bus.
Claims15
A bus system comprising:
- a bus switch operative to couple to a bus;
- and
- a plurality of trace segments coupled to the bus switch, wherein the trace segments have different lengths, wherein the bus switch is operative to connect one of the trace segments to the bus based on at least one system requirement, and wherein the selected trace segment cancels signal reflections on the bus.
A system comprising:
- a bus;
- a bus switch operative to couple to the bus;
- a device operative to control the bus switch;
- and
- a plurality of trace segments coupled to the bus switch, wherein the trace segments have different lengths, wherein the bus switch is operative to connect one of the trace segments to the bus based on at least one system requirement, and wherein the selected trace segment cancels signal reflections on the bus.
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A method for implementing a bus, the method comprising:
- providing a bus switch;
- providing a plurality of trace segments coupled to the bus switch, wherein the trace segments have different lengths;
- selecting one of the trace segments based on at least one system requirement;
- and
- utilizing the bus switch to couple the selected trace segment to the bus, wherein the selected trace segment cancels signal reflections on the bus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.