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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2006
System and method for sending data across a bus cable having in-band and side-band signal conductors
Michael S. Bunker, Tomball, TX (US);
Michael L. Sabotta, Cypress, TX (US);
Michael D. White, Houston, TX (US);
Sajid A. Momin, Houston, TX (US);
Michael S. Bunker, Tomball, TX (US);
Michael L. Sabotta, Cypress, TX (US);
Michael D. White, Houston, TX (US);
Sajid A. Momin, Houston, TX (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for sending data. One exemplary embodiment may be a method comprising sending a data rate synchronization pulse from drive controller in a computer system to a storage device controller, calculating a bit transfer period by the storage device controller based on the time duration of the data rate synchronization pulse, serially driving a plurality of bits from the drive controller at a rate based on the bit transfer period, and sampling at the rate based on the bit transfer period to receive the plurality of bits by the storage device controller.