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System and method for providing an improved common control bus for use in on-line insertion of line replaceable units in wireless and wireline access systems

  • US 20020097564A1
  • Filed: 04/20/2001
  • Published: 07/25/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. For use in association with a backplane of an item of electronic equipment wherein said backplane comprises a common control bus that can access a first number of device locations, an apparatus capable of allowing said common control bus to access more than said first number of device locations, said apparatus comprising:

  • a complex programmable logic device on a circuit board card within said backplane, wherein said complex programmable logic device is coupled to said common control bus, and wherein said complex programmable logic device is capable of coupling each one of a plurality of device locations on said circuit board card to said common control bus.

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