Patent ID: 6026094
Filing Date: 2000-02-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
In a data bus system, including a plurality of nodes coupled together by a daisy chain bus, each node comprising:a first bus connection comprising a first and a second bidirectional terminal;a second bus connection comprising a first and a second bidirectional terminal; andarbitration logic coupled between said first and second bus connection; whereinsaid plurality of nodes operate in an arbitration mode, during an arbitration time interval, in which said first bidirectional terminal in said first bus connection of each node and said second bidirectional terminal in said second bus connection of each node are configured as input terminals, and said second bidirectional terminal in said first bus connection of each node and said first bidirectional terminal in said second bus connection of each node are configured to be output terminals; anda bus access mode in which said first and second bidirectional terminals in said first bus connection are configured to be one of input and output terminals and said first and second bidirectional terminals in said second bus connection are configured to be one of output and input terminals.