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Expandable repeater

  • US 5,265,123 A
  • Filed: 07/20/1990
  • Issued: 11/23/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/15/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A repeater, comprising:

  • a plurality of repeater circuits, each repeater circuit having a plurality of ports for receiving data at one port and transmitting said data from a number of other ports;

    means, coupled to said plurality of repeater circuits, for relaying said data from one repeater circuit to other repeater circuits for transmission of said data from said other repeater circuits'"'"' said number of other ports;

    identifying means, coupled to each of the plurality of repeater circuits, for identifying a predefined activity among said plurality of ports of said plurality of repeater circuits; and

    means, coupled to said identifying means, for coordinating synchronized concurrent processing of said predefined activity by said plurality of repeater circuits so that said plurality of repeater circuits function as a single repeater.

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