Patents Examined by Tesfalder Bocure
  • Compatibility mode pulse signal generation circuit and method
    Patent number: 6940918
    Abstract: A network transmitter for generating frames of data for transmission in a compatibility mode network including frames utilizing two modulation schemes is provided. The transmitter includes a first physical layer circuit generating frames utilizing a first modulation scheme and a second physical layer circuit generating frames utilizing a second modulation scheme. The second modulation circuit retrieves a compatibility mode header from the first physical layer circuit for generating compatibility mode frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin Nayler, Atul Garg