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Universal CD ROM interface using single interface connection
Assignee: ATI Technologies ULC
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Filing: 1994-02-16
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Granted: 1997-07-01
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Expires: 2014-02-16
Abstract
Abstract The present invention relates to a universal peripheral interface comprised of control logic circuits for a plurality of peripherals carrying different signals on different pins of respective peripheral connectors, a single interface connector for mating with any of the peripheral connectors, a first multiplexer for interfacing any of the control logic circuits with the single interface connector and for switching particular lines of each of the control logic circuits carrying particular signals to particular pins of the single connector, and apparatus for controlling the multiplexer to map the lines to the particular pins of the single connector.
Inventors
- 👤 Raymond M.L. Li
- 👤 Henry Quan
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 19:52
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F13/00; G06F13/38; G06F13/382; G06F13/385
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
142 words
A universal peripheral interface comprising: a) a plurality of control logic circuits for controlling a plurality of compact disk read only memory (CD ROM) peripherals various ones of which have different pin assignments and thereby carrying different signals on different pins of respective peripheral connectors, b) a single interface connector having a pin arrangement capable of mating with any of the peripheral connectors, c) at least one of said peripheral connectors having one of various pin assignments, mating with said interface connector, d) a first multiplexer for interfacing any of said control logic circuits with the single interface connector and for switching particular lines of each of said control logic circuits carrying particular signals to particular pins of said single interface connector, and e) means for controlling the multiplexer to map said particular lines to said particular pins of said single connector.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
142 words
A universal peripheral interface comprising: a) a plurality of control logic circuits for controlling a plurality of compact disk read only memory (CD ROM) peripherals various ones of which have different pin assignments and thereby carrying different signals on different pins of respective peripheral connectors, b) a single interface connector having a pin arrangement capable of mating with any of the peripheral connectors, c) at least one of said peripheral connectors having one of various pin assignments, mating with said interface connector, d) a first multiplexer for interfacing any of said control logic circuits with the single interface connector and for switching particular lines of each of said control logic circuits carrying particular signals to particular pins of said single interface connector, and e) means for controlling the multiplexer to map said particular lines to said particular pins of said single connector.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
68 words
An interface as defined in claim 1 further including an address decoder, and means for connecting the address decoder and the control logic circuits to a host bus for receiving address and data signals, the address decoder including means for selecting a particular addressed control logic circuit to receive data signals from the host bus and to provide signals resulting therefrom via said particular lines to the multiplexer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
38 words
An interface as defined in claim 2 further including an input multiplexer for receiving signals from particular input pins of the single interface connector and for providing the received signals on predetermined standard conductors of the host bus.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
50 words
An interface as defined in claim 3 in which one of the control logic circuits is a small computer system interface (SCSI) CD ROM interface circuit, and further including a standard SCSI connector connected to an output of the first multiplexer and connected to an input of the input multiplexer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
An interface as defined in claim 4 in which at least some pins of the SCSI connector are connected in parallel with said interface connector.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
41 words
An interface as defined in claim 4, in which said interface connector has 40 pins and the SCSI connector has 50 pins, wherein 40 pins of the SCSI connector are connected in parallel with the 40 pins of said interface connector.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
40 words
An interface as defined in claim 3, in which said interface connector is comprised of two rows of pins, in which conductors of the first and input multiplexers are connected to only one row of pins of the interface connector.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
An interface as defined in claim 7 in which at least some of the remaining pins of the interface connector are connected to ground.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
34 words
An interface as defined in claim 7 in which the single interface connector is reversible whereby a peripheral connector can be connected to the interface connector in either of respective reversible 180 degree orientations.
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