Patent ID: 6157217
Filing Date: 2000-12-05
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method of synchronizing computing units connected to one another via a bus system, the method which comprises the following steps:cyclically transmitting, with a first master unit, a first time signal onto a data line of a bus system;defining a second time signal in a given phase relationship with respect to the first time signal, and cyclically transmitting, with a second master unit, the second time signal onto a data line;receiving the first and second time signals of the first and second master units in each of first and second computing units to be synchronized, wherein each of the first and the second computing units to be synchronized have a time base in a specific phase relationship with the first and second time signals and each of the first and the second computing units to be synchronized do not transmit a time signal; andchecking the first and second time signals of the first and second master units for correspondence with respect to the time base of each of the first and the second computing units.