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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2015
Applicant:
Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Dennis Ma, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Marvin Denman, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Eric Tyson, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Stephen D. Glaser, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/04 (2006.01); H04L 25/02 (2006.01); G06F 21/83 (2013.01); H04M 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/04 (2013.01); H04L 25/0264 (2013.01); H04L 25/0276 (2013.01); G06F 21/83 (2013.01); H04M 7/126 (2013.01);
Abstract
A transmitter for a serial communications link, a serial communications link and an electronic system are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the transmitter includes: (1) a communications interface connected to a transmission medium and (2) a safe mode circuit coupled to the communications interface and configured to send data over the transmission medium in a safe mode.