Patent ID: 6405299
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: H03K

Abstract:
A bus system for a unit, comprising:a plurality of electrically independent bus segments; a plurality of nodes separating the bus segments and actively connecting and disconnecting at least two of the plurality of bus segments via at least one of i) a gate, ii) a switching element, iii) a driver, and iv) a resister, each of the nodes including: a respective routing table storing setup information for connections, and a respective monitoring unit independently verifying whether a connection can be set up; and a data transmitter setting up only a first connection to a first node of the plurality of nodes, the first node determining a second connection to a second node of the plurality of nodes via a first bus segment of the plurality of bus segments as a function of the respective routing table of the first node, the second node neighboring the first node, wherein the first node establishes the second connection to the second node if the second node is not busy with another connection, and wherein the first node performs at least one of an abortion and a termination of the second connection to the second node if the second node is busy with another connection.