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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2001
Applicants:
Patrick Gibson, London, GB;
Gareth Edward Allwright, Hertfordshire, GB;
Kam Choi, Hertfordshire, GB;
Christopher Hay, Middlesex, GB;
David John Law, Bedfordshire, GB;
Inventors:
Patrick Gibson, London, GB;
Gareth Edward Allwright, Hertfordshire, GB;
Kam Choi, Hertfordshire, GB;
Christopher Hay, Middlesex, GB;
David John Law, Bedfordshire, GB;
Assignee:
3Com Corporation, Marlborough, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J003/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A detector for determining which interface protocol is in use by a serialiser/deserialiser, and comprising detecting channels composed of clocked delays and bit comparators for detecting the presence of idle signals coded according to either ten-bit or five-bit protocols using either one or two clocks.