SERIAL BUS INTERFACE AND METHOD FOR SERIALLY INTERCONNECTING TIME-CRITICAL DIGITAL DEVICES - Patent 1636706

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EP 1 636 706 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	01.12.2005

(43)	Date of publication:
	22.03.2006 Bulletin 2006/12

(21)	Application number: 04729898.9

(22)	Date of filing: 28.04.2004

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G06F 13/40^(1985.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/EP2004/050633

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2004/111596 (23.12.2004 Gazette 2004/52)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL HR LT LV MK

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Priority:

13.06.2003 EP 03013287

(71)	Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
	Armonk, N.Y. 10504 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	SAALMUELLER, Dr. Jürgen 71034 Böblingen (DE) NEUMANN, Martin 71063 Sindelfingen (DE) PIETSCHMANN, Walter 72160 Horb-Bittelbronn (DE) KLINKE, Erhard 71088 Holzgerlingen (DE)

(74)	Representative: Duscher, Reinhard
	IBM Deutschland GmbH, Patentwesen und Urheberrecht, Postfach 70548 Stuttgart 70548 Stuttgart (DE)

(54)	SERIAL BUS INTERFACE AND METHOD FOR SERIALLY INTERCONNECTING TIME-CRITICAL DIGITAL DEVICES