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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2015
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Chia How Low, Simpang Ampat, MY;
Su Sin Florence Phun, Penang, MY;
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 5/16 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 5/16 (2013.01); G06F 13/4072 (2013.01);
Abstract
A port is provided to facilitate a link between a first device and a second device. The port can include a driver circuit to support half duplex communication between the first device and the second device and further include switching logic to receive a value and cause the driver circuit to function in one of a plurality of half duplex modes based on the value. The value is based on a configuration register value corresponding to the port.