Patent ID: 6154799
Filing Date: 2000-11-28
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A repeater for exchanging information between digital computing devices respectively connected in parallel to a shared distributed arbitration digital data bus or to a sharing distributed arbitration digital data bus, each distributed arbitration digital data bus respectively including signal lines upon which signals occur, said repeater interconnecting the shared and the sharing distributed arbitration digital data buses into a single, composite distributed arbitration digital data bus, said repeater comprising:shared bus interface circuit, connected to the shared distributed arbitration digital data bus, for receiving signals from and transmitting signals to a device connected to the shared distributed arbitration digital data bus;sharing bus interface circuit, connected to the sharing distributed arbitration digital data bus, for receiving signals from and transmitting signals to a device connected to the sharing distributed arbitration digital data bus; andcontrol circuit, simultaneously connected both to said shared bus interface circuit and to said sharing bus interface circuit, said control circuit responding to a plurality of signals on the shared and sharing distributed arbitration digital data buses for controlling both of said bus interface circuits during an exchange of information between devices connected to the composite distributed arbitration digital data bus.