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
First Claim
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 card locations, an apparatus capable of allowing said common control bus to access more than said first number of card 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 of one or more devices on said circuit board card to said common control bus in a manner allowing said common control bus to access more than said first number of card locations.
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Abstract
There is disclosed a system and method for providing an improved common control bus for use in the on-line insertion of line replaceable units (such as circuit board cards) into a backplane of a processor shelf, a modem shelf, or a similar type of equipment. The present invention increases the number of device locations that a common control bus can access. The present invention comprises a complex programmable logic device on a circuit board card that is coupled to a common control bus. The complex programmable logic device is capable of selectively coupling to the common control bus each one of a plurality of device locations on the circuit board card. The complex programmable logic device controls data access to and from each device that is coupled to the common control bus.
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20 Claims
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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 card locations, an apparatus capable of allowing said common control bus to access more than said first number of card 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 of one or more devices on said circuit board card to said common control bus in a manner allowing said common control bus to access more than said first number of card locations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. 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 card locations, a method for allowing said common control bus to access more than said first number of card locations, said method comprising:
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coupling, in a manner allowing said common control bus to access more than said first number of card locations, each one of a plurality of card locations to said common control bus through a complex programmable logic device on a circuit board card at said one of a plurality of card locations; and
controlling the access of a device on said circuit board card to said common control bus with said complex programmable logic device when a card location of a circuit board containing said device is coupled to said common control bus. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. 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, a method for allowing said common control bus to access more than said first number of device locations, said method comprising:
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selectively coupling a first device on a circuit board card within said backplane to said common control bus;
coupling a complex programmable logic device on said circuit board card to said common control bus and to said first device, wherein said complex programmable logic device controls selective coupling of said first device on said circuit board card to said common control bus;
receiving data in said complex programmable logic device through a serial data line coupled to said common data bus; and
interpreting instructions in said data to allow said complex programmable logic device to control data access to said first device. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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