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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2010
Brian K. Mueller, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Eric I. Carpenter, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Dustin R. Steffenson, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Jeffrey J. Odor, Alburtis, PA (US);
Brian K. Mueller, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Eric I. Carpenter, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Dustin R. Steffenson, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Jeffrey J. Odor, Alburtis, PA (US);
LSI Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A transceiver apparatus includes a process, a first type of transceiver circuit for data transmission, a second type of transceiver circuit for data transmission, and a communications interface for communicating between the first type of transceiver circuit and an external device. The first type of transceiver circuit is co-located with a physical layer associated with the first type of transceiver circuit. In some embodiments, the first type of transceiver circuit can be, for example, a USB 2.0 transceiver circuit, and the second type of transceiver circuit can be a USB 3.0 transceiver circuit. The aforementioned external device can be an external USB device.