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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2007
Applicants:
Jien-hau NG, Perak, MY;
Tea M. Lee, Federal Way, WA (US);
Inventors:
Jien-Hau Ng, Perak, MY;
Tea M. Lee, Federal Way, WA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 5/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus and a method are provided for selectively enabling and disabling a squelch circuit in a Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) host or SATA device while maintaining proper operation of the host and device. An apparatus and method are provided which allow the squelch circuit to be selectively enabled and disabled across SATA power states (PHY Ready, Partial, and Slumber) and in Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) Listen mode.