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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2011
Applicants:
Gregory Arthur Tabor, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
John Matthew Adams, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Inventors:
Gregory Arthur Tabor, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
John Matthew Adams, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Assignee:
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2015.01);
Abstract
A SAS expander including a switch core and a plurality of SAS expander phys coupled to the switch core, where at least two of the SAS expander phys are SAS expander multimode phys. In an embodiment, the SAS expander multimode phys include at least a normal operational mode and an alternate operational mode. In another embodiment, the SAS expander multimode phys also include a second alternate operational mode.