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Bus arrangement for addressing equipment units and a method therefor

  • US 4,626,846 A
  • Filed: 05/22/1984
  • Issued: 12/02/1986
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/22/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A bus arrangement for interconnecting a plurality of equipment units in such a fashion that each unit is given a unique address, dependent solely upon its relative position to other equipment units in said interconnection, said bus arrangement in each unit comprising:

  • an entry port having N terminals, N being a positive integer equal to or greater than two;

    an exit port having N terminals, wherein the 2nd to Nth terminals of said entry port are connected to the 1st to (N-1)th terminals, respectively, of said exit port, and an originating connection is made to the Nth terminal of said exit port so as to apply a signal having a fixed predetermined logical value to said Nth terminal of said exit port.

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