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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2020
Applicant:
Microchip Technology Inc., Chandler, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Joergensen, Soeborg, DK;
Brian Branscomb, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Microchip Technology Inc., Chandler, AZ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 7/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/931 (2013.01); H04L 49/351 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 7/0079 (2013.01); H04L 49/351 (2013.01);
Abstract
A PHY chip for a synchronous Ethernet system includes N network input/output (I/O) ports, a first external recovered clock input, a first recovered clock output, and a first clock multiplexer having a plurality of data inputs, a select input, and an output coupled to the first recovered clock output, at least one of the data inputs coupled to a first recovered clock from a respective one of the N network I/O ports, a first additional data input coupled to the first external recovered clock input.