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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Monte J Dalrymple, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Zilog, Inc., Campbell, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
34082506 ; 34082515 ; 34082557 ; 395250 ;
Abstract
In a system for transmitting data employing a transmit FIFO and a transmitter, the quantity of data that has been written into the FIFO is monitored and a transmitter is caused to begin transmitting data from the memory when the quantity of data in the memory exceeds a predetermined level. An end of frame condition is detected and a transmitter is caused to begin transmitting data upon receipt of end of frame signal even though the quantity of data in the memory does not exceed the predetermined level.