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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2000
Richard S. Jensen, Aloha, OR (US);
David S. Dunning, Portand, OR (US);
Kenneth Drottar, Portland, OR (US);
Chamath Abhayagunawardhana, Portland, OR (US);
Richard S. Jensen, Aloha, OR (US);
David S. Dunning, Portand, OR (US);
Kenneth Drottar, Portland, OR (US);
Chamath Abhayagunawardhana, Portland, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
When signaling over cables or other media having significant return impedance, it is generally more efficient to use two conductors to carry two simultaneous bi-directional signals differentially, rather than utilizing unidirectional communications. Bi-directional communications increases the aggregate bandwidth of a pair of conductors. A conversion circuit converts unidirectional signaling between an edge-based receiver and a transmitter to simultaneous differential bi-directional signaling. A receiver for receiving data includes an edge processor operative to make decisions using edges of a received data stream and a communication circuit coupled to the edge processor. The communication circuit is operative to convert communications with the edge processor from a first format, such as unidirectional signaling, to a second format, such as differential bi-directional signaling.