A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING BETWEEN A NUMBER OF ELEMENTS AND A METHOD FOR CONFIGURING AND TESTING THE SYSTEM

• Main Authors: TAGORE-BRAGE, JENS, P, NIELSEN, PETER, OSTERGAARD
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 25.08.2004
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY; CALCULATING; CODE CONVERSION IN GENERAL; CODING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DECODING; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; PHYSICS

A switch chip where the parts taking up the most space on the die are provided with a redundancy in number so that a malfunctioning or weak element may be circumvented or routed around so that the chip may be fully functional even though one of the elements is malfunctioning. Means are provided for...