Appeal No. 1996-3365
Application 08/258,357
10 have been indicated as allowable. Claims 2, 4 and 8 have
been canceled.
The invention relates to an apparatus for routing
data between first and second bus groups. In particular,
referring to Figure 1, a first group of busses 10 is coupled
with a second group of busses 20. Bus switch module 40
provides a unidirectional connection between any bus of the
first group and any bus of the second group. Parity
information, obtained via bus 53, can be ported to any one of
the busses of the second group. Parity module 50 includes
input connections to each of the busses of the first group for
receiving data therefrom, and an output connection to bus 53
for providing parity information to bus switch module 40.
Figures 4A and 4B provide a block diagram of the internal
structure of bus switch module 40. Module 40 includes six 5:1
multiplexers 141 through 146 with inputs connected to busses
of the first group and the output of parity module 50. The
outputs of multiplexers 141 through 146 are connected to
busses of the second group.
Independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
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