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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2002
Applicants:
John Paulos, Austin, TX (US);
Nicholas Van Bavel, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
John Paulos, Austin, TX (US);
Nicholas van Bavel, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation, Camarillo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Transformerless ethernet controller. A method for isolating an ethernet controller, having a transceiver associated therewith, from a twisted wire transmission line is provided. The power supply of the transceiver is DC isolated from system power supply. The data side of the ethernet controller is DC isolated from the transceiver for both transmit and receive data. The transceiver is directly connected to the transmission line with no DC isolation.