Circuit and method for automatic input-output configuration through local area network detection

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5121482
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07405496

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The invented circuit includes an I/O driver capable of supplying current to an I/O connector, a current detection circuit that may include a current limit resistor and a differential amplifier, a comparator to compare the level of current to a predetermined level and to produce an output signal based thereon, and a translator to convert the output signal from the comparator into a transistor-transistor logic signal. The device that includes the invented circuit then interprets the logic signal as identifying either a serial I/O system or a LAN I/O system.

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HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANYPALO ALTO CA

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Patton, David B Vancouver, WA 7 173

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