PHY control module for a multi-pair gigabit transceiver
AssigneeBroadcom Corporation
InventorOscar E. Agazzi
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Abstract
A method for controlling operation of a multi-pair gigabit transceiver. The multi-pair gigabit transceiver comprises a Physical Layer Control module (PHY Control), a Physical Coding Sublayer module (PCS) and a Digital Signal Processing module (DSP). The PHY Control receives user-defined inputs from the Serial Management module and status signals from the DSP and the PCS and generates control signals, responsive to the user-defined inputs and the status signals, to the DSP and the PCS.
Claims18
A data communications transceiver comprising:
- a digital signal processor (DSP);
- a physical coding sublayer (PCS module);
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- a physical layer control module (PHY control module) configured to receive status signals from the DSP and the PCS module, and further configured to receive user-defined input signals, the PHY control module being operable to generate control signals at least partially responsive to at least one of the status signals and the user-defined input signals, the PHY control module operable to provide said control signals to the DSP and the PCS module.
A physical layer control module (PHY control module) for controlling operation of a data communications transceiver comprising a digital signal processor (DSP) and a physical coding sublayer (PCS) module, the PHY control module comprising:
- a main state machine configured to receive user-defined input signals and to receive status signals from the DSP and the PCS module, the state machine further configured to generate control signals at least partially responsive to at least one of the user-defined input signals and the status signals, and to provide the control signals to the DSP and the PCS module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.