TWI266195B - Method and related apparatus for downloading operational firmware from an external host to an optical disc drive - Google Patents

Method and related apparatus for downloading operational firmware from an external host to an optical disc drive

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TWI266195B
TWI266195B TW093134293A TW93134293A TWI266195B TW I266195 B TWI266195 B TW I266195B TW 093134293 A TW093134293 A TW 093134293A TW 93134293 A TW93134293 A TW 93134293A TW I266195 B TWI266195 B TW I266195B
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Prior art keywords
optical disc
disc drive
rom
microprocessor
operational firmware
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TW093134293A
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TW200538935A (en
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Chih-Chiang Wen
Yi-Chuan Chen
Jeng-Horng Tsai
Ping-Sheng Chen
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Mediatek Inc
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04BTRANSMISSION
    • H04B3/00Line transmission systems
    • H04B3/54Systems for transmission via power distribution lines
    • H04B3/56Circuits for coupling, blocking, or by-passing of signals
    • GPHYSICS
    • G06COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06FELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F12/00Accessing, addressing or allocating within memory systems or architectures
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04BTRANSMISSION
    • H04B2203/00Indexing scheme relating to line transmission systems
    • H04B2203/54Aspects of powerline communications not already covered by H04B3/54 and its subgroups
    • H04B2203/5429Applications for powerline communications
    • H04B2203/5441Wireless systems or telephone
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04BTRANSMISSION
    • H04B2203/00Indexing scheme relating to line transmission systems
    • H04B2203/54Aspects of powerline communications not already covered by H04B3/54 and its subgroups
    • H04B2203/5462Systems for power line communications
    • H04B2203/5483Systems for power line communications using coupling circuits

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optical Recording Or Reproduction (AREA)
  • Signal Processing For Digital Recording And Reproducing (AREA)
TW093134293A 2004-05-25 2004-11-10 Method and related apparatus for downloading operational firmware from an external host to an optical disc drive TWI266195B (en)

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US10/709,735 US20050265266A1 (en) 2004-05-25 2004-05-25 Optical disc drive that downloads operational firmware from an external host
US10/710,097 US20050268029A1 (en) 2004-05-25 2004-06-18 Optical Disc Drive that Downloads Operational Firmware from an External Host

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TWI266195B true TWI266195B (en) 2006-11-11

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