Fencing circuit and method for isolating spurious noise at syste

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ABSTRACT:
Logic fencing circuit and method are provided for increasing system protection at a multiprocessor system interface so that spurious noise (e.g., attributable to an electrostatic discharge through a signal cable) is more reliably isolated from an active portion of the processing system. The noise fencing circuit, which is responsive to a fence control signal, includes logic circuitry for attenuating a received noise signal by constraining the noise signal to a magnitude less than or equal to the voltage level of a system power supply. The attenuating circuitry outputs an attenuated noise signal to a signal fence circuit which, when enabled by the fence control signal, outputs a substantially constant isolation signal in response to a received, attenuated noise signal. A logically staged fencing method is also set forth.

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