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Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2021

Filed:

Aug. 20, 2017
Applicant:

Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;

Inventor:

Brett A. McClellan, Laguna Hills, CA (US);

Assignee:

Marvell Asia Pte, Ltd., Singapore, SG;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/801 (2012.12); H04L 27/00 (2005.12); H04L 12/815 (2012.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/10 (2012.12); H04L 27/0008 (2012.12); H04L 47/22 (2012.12); H04L 2212/00 (2012.12);
Abstract

Disclosed is aUGMIIsystem to interface multirate devices including 10 gigabit per second data exchange rates. Mode selection is enabled to provide for automatic detection and adaptation to any transmit rate including 10M, 100M, 1G, and 10G. Mode selection comprises the negotiation between the UGMII extension sublayers located at the MAC and PHY to select between one of several operational modes including: XGIVIII communication, GIYIII encapsulation, Clause 22 MDIO register management and Clause 45 MDIO register management. Selection of UGMII and XGMII operating modes are negotiated between the MAC and PHY using ordered sets to announce and acknowledgement a mode change. In one embodiment 802.3 Clause 46 defined ordered sets are utilized.


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