公开(公告)号：US06647436B1

公开(公告)日：2003-11-11

申请号：US09630522

申请日：2000-08-02

申请人： Mark J Jedrzejewski ,  Mark A Wahl ,  Gregory A Standiford

发明人： Mark J Jedrzejewski ,  Mark A Wahl ,  Gregory A Standiford

IPC分类号： G06F1314

CPC分类号： G06F13/385 ,  G06F3/0601 ,  G06F2003/0692 ,  H01R29/00

摘要： Two interfaces or operating modes are designed into the hardware and firmware. Selection between these two interfaces, or operating modes, is indicated by the position of a jumper on an IDE/ATAPI-style jumper block. A pull-up resistor and interface type detection signal are connected to a pin on the IDE/ATAPI-style jumper block associated with a jumper that is not monitored by the IDE/ATAPI master/slave selection detect (or other configuration) hardware or used to pull-down or pull-up another jumpered pin on the jumper block. When a jumper is placed between this pin, and a pin used to pull-up or pull-down another jumpered pin the interface type detection signal will be read as being at the pulled-up or pulled-down logic level, respectively. Otherwise, the IDE/ATAPI master/slave selection (or other configuration) detect hardware will function normally.

摘要翻译： 在硬件和固件中设计了两种接口或操作模式。 这两个接口或操作模式之间的选择由IDE / ATAPI型跳线块上的跳线位置指示。 上拉电阻和接口类型检测信号连接到与未由IDE / ATAPI主/从选择检测（或其他配置）硬件或使用的监视器的跳线相关联的IDE / ATAPI型跳线块上的引脚 在跳线块上下拉或上拉另一个跳线针。 当该引脚和用于上拉或下拉另一个跨接引脚的引脚之间插入跳线时，接口类型检测信号将被分别读取为上拉或下拉逻辑电平。 否则，IDE / ATAPI主/从选择（或其他配置）检测硬件将正常运行。

公开(公告)号：US06457071B1

公开(公告)日：2002-09-24

申请号：US09368813

申请日：1999-08-05

申请人： Miles Thorland ,  Mark A Wahl

发明人： Miles Thorland ,  Mark A Wahl

IPC分类号： G06F1100

CPC分类号： G06F13/4081

摘要： The present invention relates to a mechanism for detecting the correct or incorrect attachment of cabling between a host computer and a peripheral device and more generally between any two information processing products. A host computer uses signal transmission and/or particular electrical characteristics to uniquely identify particular pins, and a peripheral device checks the location of these signals and characteristics in its input wires to determine the actual position of a connector in relation to its proper position. Information from the detection can be developed either by the peripheral device or by the host to identify the required corrective action to place the connector in the correct position.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及一种用于检测主计算机和外围设备之间的电缆的正确或不正确的附接以及更一般地在任何两个信息处理产品之间的机构。 主计算机使用信号传输和/或特定的电气特性来唯一地识别特定的引脚，并且外围设备检查这些信号和其输入线中的特性的位置以确定连接器相对于其适当位置的实际位置。 来自检测的信息可以由外围设备或主机开发，以识别将连接器置于正确位置所需的校正动作。

公开(公告)号：US06415342B1

公开(公告)日：2002-07-02

申请号：US09361952

申请日：1999-07-27

申请人： Mark A Wahl ,  Mark J Jedrzejewski ,  Gregory A Standiford

发明人： Mark A Wahl ,  Mark J Jedrzejewski ,  Gregory A Standiford

IPC分类号： G06F1300

CPC分类号： G06F13/4072

摘要： A device for connection to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) signals connection and disconnection from the bus without physically removing or reinserting the USB cable. The devices system controller controls the signaling so that connection or disconnection may be signaled in a variety of situations to accomplish certain tasks. Connection signaling may be delayed until power-up reset procedures are complete to prevent the device from being polled by the host. A disconnect then a connect may be signaled to help recover from certain error conditions. The same data lines may also be used for interfaces other than the USB bus. A switched connection from a USB data line through a pull-up resistor to a positive supply voltage. The switched connection is controlled by a logic function so that it will not be connected when the power supply on the USB cable is not present. The switched connection is also controlled by a logic signal that may be supplied by the USB device's system controller.

摘要翻译： 用于连接到通用串行总线（USB）的设备将信号连接和断开总线，而无需物理移除或重新插入USB电缆。 设备系统控制器控制信令，从而可以在各种情况下发出连接或断开信号来完成某些任务。 连接信令可能会延迟，直到上电复位过程完成，以防止设备被主机轮询。 断开连接，可能会发出连接，以帮助从某些错误状况恢复。 相同的数据线也可以用于除USB总线以外的接口。 从USB数据线通过上拉电阻到正电源电压的切换连接。 开关式连接由逻辑功能控制，因此USB电缆上的电源不存在时不会连接。 开关式连接也由可由USB设备的系统控制器提供的逻辑信号控制。

公开(公告)号：US07054356B2

公开(公告)日：2006-05-30

申请号：US10109286

申请日：2002-03-28

申请人： Mark A Wahl

发明人： Mark A Wahl

IPC分类号： H04L5/16

CPC分类号： G01R31/31715 ,  G01R31/31716 ,  H04L7/005 ,  H04L7/041

摘要： A method and apparatus for testing a serial connection is presented. A serial data stream is transmitted from a sending device to a receiving device. The serial data stream is generated using sending device timing information and input data. A receiver in the receiving device recovers both the timing information and the input data and then inputs them back into a transmitter located in the receiving device. The transmitter in the receiving device then generates a second serial data stream based on the recovered input data and the sending device timing information. A receiver in the sending device receives the second serial data stream and outputs the sending device timing information and input data to a FIFO buffer, for alignment of the input data. Since the input data and timing information are generated based on a sending device timing information, the FIFO can provide a signal for testing by performing phase alignment on the data. There is no need to re-synchronize the data in the sending device. Using the sending device timing information to generate and test information in the sending device, removes the need to test data using a FIFO in the receiving device and reduces the complexity and processing requirements of the FIFO in the sending device.

公开(公告)号：US06452893B1

公开(公告)日：2002-09-17

申请号：US09489780

申请日：2000-01-24

申请人： Mark A Wahl

发明人： Mark A Wahl

IPC分类号： G11B1704

CPC分类号： G11B17/056

摘要： A CD changing method (and drive for carrying out said method) enables information stored on an information-containing CD to be transferred to a blank space-containing CD in order to duplicate the information on said information-containing CD without a human having to be in attendance in order to manually remove the information-carrying CD from a CD transport tray and then replace said information-containing CD with a blank space-containing CD.

摘要翻译： CD更换方法（以及用于执行所述方法的驱动器）使得存储在含有信息的CD上的信息能够被传送到含有空格的CD，以便复制关于所述含有CD的信息，而不需要人 为了从CD传输托盘手动地移除信息携带CD，然后用含空白的CD替换含有信息的CD。

公开(公告)号：US6024607A

公开(公告)日：2000-02-15

申请号：US96874

申请日：1998-06-12

申请人： Mark A Wahl

发明人： Mark A Wahl

IPC分类号： H01R13/518 ,  H01R25/00

CPC分类号： H01R12/716 ,  H01R13/518

摘要： A female combination connector for connecting a computer storage drive to a printed circuit board includes a plurality of female connector elements affixed to a base. The plurality of female connector elements correspond to a plurality of male connectors on the computer storage drive. The female combination connector also includes a printed circuit board connector. The printed circuit board connector includes a plurality of conductors, each of which is supported by the base, and each of which is electrically coupled to one of the plurality of female connector elements. The female connector elements may be elements such as a data connector (e.g., an IDE or SCSI data connector), a power connector, a digital audio connector, an analog audio connector, or a select connector (e.g., an IDE master/slave cable select connector or a SCSI identification select connector).

摘要翻译： 用于将计算机存储驱动器连接到印刷电路板的母组合连接器包括固定到基座上的多个阴连接器元件。 多个阴连接器元件对应于计算机存储驱动器上的多个公连接器。 母组合连接器还包括印刷电路板连接器。 印刷电路板连接器包括多个导体，每个导体由基座支撑，并且每个导体电耦合到多个阴连接器元件之一。 母连接器元件可以是诸如数据连接器（例如，IDE或SCSI数据连接器），电源连接器，数字音频连接器，模拟音频连接器或选择连接器（例如，IDE主/从电缆 选择连接器或SCSI识别选择连接器）。