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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2004
Chung-jue Chen, Irvine, CA (US);
Ali Ghiasi, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jay Proano, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Rajesh Satapathy, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Steve Thomas, Riverside, CA (US);
Chung-Jue Chen, Irvine, CA (US);
Ali Ghiasi, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jay Proano, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Rajesh Satapathy, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Steve Thomas, Riverside, CA (US);
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
Certain aspects of the invention for seamless port bypass controller operations for storage systems, for example, and may comprise a first port of a port bypass controller that receives an input signal and at least one of a plurality of selectors that selects at least a second port coupled in a chain to the first port. At least one of the selectors may switch at least a portion of the received input signal from the first port to at least the second port without initializing or reconfiguring the second port. A repeater may repeat at least a portion of the received input signal to the second port without initializing or reconfiguring the second port. A retimer may generate a retimed signal corresponding to at least a portion of the received input signal to the second port without initializing or reconfiguring the second port.