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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2009
Shieh-hsing Kuo, Taipei County, TW;
Ta-chin Tseng, Taipei County, TW;
Ming-je LI, Yilan County, TW;
Ting-fa Yu, Yunlin County, TW;
Shieh-Hsing Kuo, Taipei County, TW;
Ta-Chin Tseng, Taipei County, TW;
Ming-Je Li, Yilan County, TW;
Ting-Fa Yu, Yunlin County, TW;
Realtek Semiconductor Corp., Science Park, HsinChu, TW;
Abstract
A power-saving network apparatus includes a MAC and a PHY. The PHY includes a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter executes the operations of: transmitting a data signal to a remote network apparatus according to output packets of the MAC when the transmitter enters a normal state; transmitting an idle signal to the remote network apparatus when the transmitter enters an idle state; transmitting an indication signal to the remote network apparatus to notify it to enter a low power state, wherein the indication signal is different from the idle signal; entering the idle state or the normal state from the low power state in response to at least one of a predetermined period and a transmitting enable signal.