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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2019
Applicant:
Axonne, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventor:
William Lo, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Axonne, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/66 (2006.01); H04L 12/931 (2013.01); H04B 3/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 49/20 (2013.01); H04B 3/50 (2013.01); H04L 49/351 (2013.01);
Abstract
A physical layer device for transmitting and receiving Ethernet data includes a transmit path including a first transmitter configured to operate at a first speed, communicate with a first medium access controller (MAC), and transmit first Ethernet data from the MAC on a cable. A receive path includes a first receiver configured to operate at a second speed that is different than the first speed, communicate with the first MAC, and receive second Ethernet data from the cable and output the second Ethernet data to the first MAC.