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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2010
Applicants:
Derek Tam, Irvine, CA (US);
Kevin Tunghai Chan, Pasadena, CA (US);
Inventors:
Derek Tam, Irvine, CA (US);
Kevin Tunghai Chan, Pasadena, CA (US);
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/40 (2006.01); H04L 5/14 (2006.01); H04L 12/10 (2006.01); H04L 25/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/10 (2013.01); H04L 12/40045 (2013.01); H04L 25/0278 (2013.01); H04L 25/0288 (2013.01); H04L 5/1423 (2013.01); H04L 12/40032 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are used to adjust, e.g., reduce, current driving a transmitter, i.e., to reduce transmitter power consumption, based on an actual value of a received signal from received along a cable. For example, this is very beneficial to an Ethernet system where the received signal is attenuated by the lossy cable. In this case, the transmitter power consumption can be lowered during a normal application where data is transmitted and received through the cable.