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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2024

Filed:

Aug. 05, 2022
Applicant:

Microchip Technology Incorporated, Chandler, AZ (US);

Inventors:

Eric Son, Port Coquitlam, CA;

Robert Kristian Watson, Burnaby, CA;

May Stewart, Burnaby, CA;

Edward Loo, Vancouver, CA;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/22 (2013.01); G06F 2213/0026 (2013.01);
Abstract

Examples disclosed herein include a method including transmitting, via respective lanes of a number of lanes of a peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) port, a respective lane identifier. The method may also include receiving, via the respective lanes of the number of lanes of the PCIe port, respective further lane identifiers. The method may also include determining which of the number of lanes to allocate to a link for communicating with a device coupled to the PCIe port at least partially responsive to the respective further lane identifiers. The method may also include allocating the determined lanes of the number of lanes to the link. Related devices and systems are also disclosed.


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