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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:
Mar. 08, 2005

Filed:

Mar. 22, 2001
Applicants:

Gurumani Senthil, San Jose, CA (US);

Vardhaman Veturi, Milpitas, CA (US);

Inventors:

Gurumani Senthil, San Jose, CA (US);

Vardhaman Veturi, Milpitas, CA (US);

Assignee:

LSI Logic Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J003/16 ; H04J003/22 ; H04L007/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for reducing latency in conversions from a SMII (Serial Media Independent Interface) to a MII (Media Independent Interface). The method involves generating receive and transmit clock signals from a physical layer device; generating receive and transmit clock signals at a media access controller; and synchronizing the clock signals at the media access controller and the clock signals at the physical layer device such that MII clocks are generated from the SMII and a synchronization signal of the SMII is always delayed 8 nsec from a positive edge of the MII clock.


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