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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2011
Nathan Henderson, San Jose, VA (US);
Chi-lie Wang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Baodong HU, Milpitas, CA (US);
Nathan Henderson, San Jose, VA (US);
Chi-Lie Wang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Baodong Hu, Milpitas, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A power management circuit for managing power of a network interface is provided. The network interface includes a medium interface unit coupled to a network media supporting at least a high speed protocol and a lower speed protocol. The power management logic includes logic to determine that an event signalling entry of the medium interface unit into the lower speed protocol has occurred; and logic to force the medium interface unit into the lower speed protocol in response to a determination that the event has occurred.