Electricity: electrical systems and devices – Safety and protection of systems and devices – With specific current responsive fault sensor
Patent
1990-12-13
1996-05-14
Shin, Christopher B.
Electricity: electrical systems and devices
Safety and protection of systems and devices
With specific current responsive fault sensor
361683, 36492792, 3649292, 3649294, 3649295, 36492961, 36492971, 364DIG2, H05K 114
Patent
active
055176232
ABSTRACT:
A system backplane has a pair of dual purpose connectors and a system bus controller. A shared resource card has a pair of connectors and a shared resource, such as memory. In an entry level system, the connectors on the shared resource card mate with the dual purpose connectors on the system backplane, connecting a system bus from the system bus controller to the shared resource. There are no unused expansion slots on the backplane. To form an advanced level system, an expansion backplane having mating connectors is inserted between the system backplane and the shared resource card. The expansion backplane allows the system bus to pass through from the system backplane to the shared resource card. The expansion backplane has an expansion bus controller, an expansion bus, and expansion slots. The expansion bus is connected to the expansion bus controller and to the expansion slots. The expansion bus is also connected to the shared resource on the shared resource card. The shared resource card also has a bus interface, which connects the expansion bus to the system bus. In an alternative embodiment, the expansion bus controller and the bus interface are contained on the system backplane instead of on the expansion backplane and the share shared resource card, respectively. The system backplane also contains a limited number of expansion slots.
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Regehr John L.
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Rose Curtis G.
Shin Christopher B.
Truelson Roy W.
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