JPH0294272A - Flexible interconnect device of electronic apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To simplify a structure and to facilitate quick assembling so as to provide adaptable module by providing a standardized compatible unit on a single base frame. CONSTITUTION: Various modules 2 are connected to one another by a module 1 for forming a common transmission line. The module 2 is inserted into a mutual connector by closing the common transmission line. Accessing to the module 2 from the outside is carried out by an access unit 3 and an access route 4 for permitting the input/output of all kinds of signals. A transmission line 1 is composed of a mutual connecting element (connector or the like) assembled on a common support (mutual connecting card). A bus driver permits the input/output of signals with a circuit constituting the unit and electric separation between two devices is carried out by opening the bus driver.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention provides a convernier Φ Telefonica Nacional.
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The present invention relates to a module and a flexible interconnection device for electronic equipment, configured for use in equipment of data communications networks of the Naeional do España. This interconnection device allows the formation of a variety of functional devices on a single base frame and allows for flexible interchangeability of the components of those devices. The interconnection device of the present invention comprises:
It is a mode that can be assembled from component modules, and its simple structure allows for easy and quick assembly, and it is highly flexible because it can take a wide variety of shapes. It was developed so that it could be modularized to form units.

The above advantages are achieved by using standardized and interchangeable units on the substrate that perform different functions and form integrated and shared transmission path sections.

Equipment configured to use this interconnect device:
It is composed of a series of similarly integrated functional units. Each functional unit is composed of one module or various modules. The modules are supplied with signals and exchange those signals through a shared communication path.

The structure of this interconnection device is therefore considered to be for storing and interconnecting the modules that make up the equipment (interconnection function) and for allowing access from outside the equipment (access function).

(Example) Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

The interconnection function is made possible by the presence of the modules 1 forming a shared transmission path that constitutes a link through which the various modules 2 exchange signals. The modules 2 are inserted into the interconnection device in such a way that they close the shared transmission path. Therefore module 2
The shared transmission path remains disconnected when the is not connected to the interconnect device.

The access function to the module 2 from the outside is provided by an access unit 3 that allows the input and output of all kinds of signals within (and from) the module unit and an access path 4 that allows interconnection of the access units in parallel with the shared transmission path. This is done using two different types of elements.

The shared transmission path l consists of interconnection elements (connectors, connector groups, etc.) electrically assembled on a shared support (interconnection card).

Each interconnection element is electrically connected to a module that also has the necessary elements (such as vials) for proper insertion into each interconnection element.

The number of interconnect elements is variable and equal to the number of modules corresponding to the shape being handled. Each module is composed of cards 2 forming part of a functional unit. These functional units constitute a ta-unit and are connected to an interconnection element to which the path drivers of adjacent interconnection elements also converge.

These path drivers allow signals to enter and exit from the circuits that make up the unit, facilitate the flow of signals to adjacent interconnect elements, and allow signals to flow adjacent to module circuits. The units are distributed inside the module according to the characteristics of the equipment to which they belong, with the purpose of performing functions such as: blocking the progress to interconnection elements;

Electrical isolation between two pieces of equipment is achieved in the first module of each piece of equipment by opening a path driver through which signals pass through the interconnection elements of each module to reach the adjacent module.

External access to any one particular type of equipment is via the access unit 3. This is because the access unit 3 has on a shared support an interface bus driver and the necessary elements (brackets, etc.) to correctly insert the access unit into the access path. The number of access units 3 of type 6 depends on the number of devices of the same type. Similarly, the internal structure of each access unit is
It depends on the characteristics of the functional unit to which the signal is sent.

The interconnection element is interconnected such that the bracket of the interconnection element corresponds secondarily to the path driver of the shared transmission path in the sector connecting the interconnection elements of adjacent modules and extends the access unit circuit. Consists of elements.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The figure is a schematic diagram of the flexible interconnect device of the present invention. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Common transmission path, 2... Module, 3... Access unit, 4... Access path.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Flexible interconnection of electronic equipment characterized in that it is composed of standardized interchangeable units on a single base frame, including standardized units for various functions. Device. 2. A flexible interconnection device for electronic equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that it has standardized units for forming shared transmission paths, access paths, access units and modules. Interconnect device. 3. The flexible interconnection device for electronic equipment according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a shared transmission path that allows interconnection between modules by a shared support, and which connects the modules via the shared transmission path. is a flexible interconnection device for electronic equipment, characterized in that it provides and exchanges signals. 4. A flexible interconnection device for electronic equipment according to one of claims 1 to 3, comprising modules forming functional units of the equipment, which functional units are connected to the shared transmission path when inserted into the shared transmission path. A flexible interconnection device for electronic equipment, characterized in that it is electrically connected. 5. The flexible interconnection device for electronic equipment according to claim 1, wherein the path drivers distributed inside each module are configured according to the characteristics of the equipment to which the module belongs. Facilitates the flow of signals toward adjacent interconnect elements and prevents signals from proceeding to module circuits and adjacent interconnect elements to perform functions such as permitting input and output of signals to and from circuits that are A flexible interconnection device for electronic equipment, characterized in that: 6. A flexible interconnection device for electronic devices according to one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the electrical isolation between two devices reaches an adjacent module in the first module constituting each device. 1. A flexible interconnection device for electronic equipment, characterized in that this is done by opening a path driver through which signals pass through the interconnection elements of each module. 7. A flexible interconnection device for electronic equipment according to one of claims 1 to 6, providing support for input and output via a shared transmission path of signals within or coming from the equipment. A flexible interconnection device for electronic equipment, characterized in that it also has an access unit. 8. Flexible interconnection device for electronic equipment according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the electronic equipment also has an access path allowing interconnection of access units in the shared transmission path by means of a shared support. flexible interconnect device.