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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2001
Kenneth R. Burns, Bloomington, MN (US);
Srinivas Maddali, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Jimmie Ray Shaver, Yukon, OK (US);
Bernardo Rub, Sudbury, MA (US);
Peter I. Vasiliev, Cupertino, CA (US);
Wuping Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
Kavi Alptekin, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Gary W. Reininga, Saratoga, CA (US);
Robert D. Cronch, Edmond, OK (US);
Clifton J. Williamson, Soquel, CA (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention illustrate various configurations of a channel-to-controller interface. In one embodiment, width of symbols crossing the interface is fixed, as is the clock rate. In other embodiments, the symbol width is variable, and the clock rate is also varied based upon the size of the interface symbol width and the operation of the channel.