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, the status signals, to the DSP and the PCS.
Claims23
A processor for communication, the processor comprising:
- signal processing circuitry;
- a physical coding sublayer (PCS) module;
- a serial management module operable to store input from one [or both] of a user and software;
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- a control module configured to receive status signals from the signal processing circuitry and the PCS module, and further configured to receive input signals from the serial management module, the control module being operable to generate control signals at least partially responsive to at least one input from the signal processing circuitry, the PCS module and the serial management module, the control module operable to provide said control signals to one or both of the signal processing circuitry and the PCS module.
A control module for controlling operation of a data communications processor comprising signal processing circuitry and a physical coding sublayer (PCS) module, the control module comprising:
- a state machine configured to receive input signals from a serial management module and to receive status signals from the signal processing circuitry and the PCS module, the state machine further configured to generate control signals at least partially responsive to one or both of the input signals and the status signals, and to provide the control signals to one or both of the signal processing circuitry and the PCS module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.