Monitoring circuit
AssigneeEMC Corporation
InventorSherman Shan Chen
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Abstract
A monitoring circuit monitors for the occurrence of a failure event on a data bus. The monitoring circuit includes a failure detection circuit for detecting the occurrence of the failure event within a device coupled to the data bus. An isolation circuit isolates the device from the data bus in response to the occurrence of the failure event.
Claims21
A monitoring circuit for monitoring for the occurrence of a failure event on a data bus, the monitoring circuit comprising:
- a failure detection circuit for detecting the occurrence of the failure event within a device coupled to the data bus;
- and
- an isolation circuit for isolating the device from the data bus in response to the occurrence of the failure event.
An I2C device configured to be couplable to an I2C bus, the I2C device comprising:
- a failure detection circuit for detecting the occurrence of the failure event within the I2C device;
- and
- an isolation circuit for isolating the I2C device from the I2C bus in response to the occurrence of the failure event.
A monitoring circuit for monitoring for the occurrence of a failure event on a data bus, the monitoring circuit comprising:
- a failure detection circuit for detecting the occurrence of the failure event within a device coupled to the data bus;
- and
- an isolation circuit for isolating the device from the data bus in response to the occurrence of the failure event;
- wherein the failure detection circuit includes a delay circuit for delaying the isolation of the device from the data bus in response to the occurrence of the failure event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.