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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2011
Applicants:
Curt Wortman, Milpitas, CA (US);
Keith Duwel, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael Menghui Zheng, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Curt Wortman, Milpitas, CA (US);
Keith Duwel, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael Menghui Zheng, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
An integrated circuit (IC) includes communication circuitry, a body bias generator, and a controller. The communication circuitry includes a physical medium attachment (PMA) and a physical coding sublayer (PCS). The body bias generator provides body bias signals to the PMA and PCS. The controller controls the body bias generator such that the body bias signals are controlled to improve a power consumption of the communication circuitry.