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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:
Mar. 07, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2002
Applicants:
Ming-hsun Hsu, Taipei, TW;
Chien-cheng Chang, Taipei, TW;
Yu-en Tzeng, Taipei, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
VIA Technologies, Inc., Taipei, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for saving electrical power for a physical layer (PHY) device including a plurality of sub-circuits is disclosed. The method includes the steps of outputting a plurality of link pulses, asserting a plurality of disabling signals between two adjacent link pulses for disabling the sub-circuits, respectively, and deasserting the disabling signals for enabling the sub-circuits, respectively. The disabling signals are asserted separately for disabling the sub-circuits at different time points. A physical layer device for use in a chip for saving electrical power is also disclosed.