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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2010
Digital nrzi signal for serial interconnect communications between the link layer and physical layer
Applicants:
Huimin Chen, Portland, OR (US);
Chunyu Zhang, Folsom, CA (US);
Paul S. Durley, Portland, OR (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and methods of operating a serial interconnect interface provide for generating a pulse in response to a state change in a data signal of the serial interface interconnect, and transmitting the pulse from a physical layer of the serial interconnect interface to a link layer of the serial interconnect interface. The duration of the pulse can be selected based on whether the state change corresponds to an end of packet (EOP) condition. In addition, the data signal may include a non return to zero invert (NRZI) encoded signal, wherein the pulse is part of a digital NRZI signal.