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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2022
Applicant:
Microchip Technology Incorporated, Chandler, AZ (US);
Inventor:
Lars Ellegaard, Copenhagen S, DK;
Assignee:
Microchip Technology Incorporated, Chandler, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/403 (2006.01); H04L 49/104 (2022.01); H04L 49/253 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 49/253 (2013.01); H04L 49/104 (2013.01);
Abstract
Examples disclosed herein relate generally to providing frames at a network port. Some examples relate to an apparatus. The apparatus may include a network port to directly couple the apparatus to a switch. The apparatus may also include a transmission logic to provide a frame at the network port at a time slot of a switch-associated cycle time. The transmission logic may provide the frame at the time slot at least partially responsive to an offset value and a port number. Related devices, systems and methods are also disclosed.