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Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 30, 2016
Applicant:

Mosys, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Scott A Irwin, Ames, IA (US);

Charles W Boecker, Ames, IA (US);

Assignee:

MoSys, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 7/00 (2006.01); H04L 7/033 (2006.01); H04L 7/027 (2006.01); H03L 7/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 7/0331 (2013.01); H03L 7/0807 (2013.01); H04L 7/027 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, system and apparatus, for bootstrapping an autonegotiation signal in an intermediate device. The intermediate device initializes using a referenceless clock circuit. The intermediate device then recovers a more accurate clock sourced from a second device via a clock data recovery circuit in the intermediate device. The second device has a physical medium attachment interface within the intermediate device that does not require autonegotiation. The autonegotiation signal is communicated to a first device having a physical medium dependent interface to the intermediate device, thus requiring autonegotiation.


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