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US 2016/0077994 A1Published application
Interface circuit
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsKen Hamada, Toshio Fujisawa, Nobuhiro Kondo
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a first module is responsible for protocol control in compliance with a first interface standard. A second module is provided separately from the first module and is responsible for protocol control in compliance with a second interface standard. A third module is responsible for a physical layer shared between the first interface standard and the second interface standard.
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An interface circuit comprising:
- a first module that executes protocol control in compliance with a first interface standard;
- a second module that is provided separately from the first module and executes protocol control in compliance with a second interface standard;
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- a third module that is provided for a physical layer shared between the first interface standard and the second interface standard.
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An interface circuit comprising:
- a first module that executes protocol control in compliance with a first interface standard;
- a second module that is provided separately from the first module and executes protocol control shared between a second interface standard and a third interface standard;
- a third module that is provided for a physical layer shared between the first interface standard and the second interface standard;
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- a fourth module that is provided separately from the third module and is provided for a physical layer in compliance with the third interface standard.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.