Method and system for fast ethernet serial port multiplexing...

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2005-12-27

2005-12-27

Ngo, Ricky (Department: 2663)

Multiplex communications

Communication techniques for information carried in plural...

Adaptive

C370S535000, C370S537000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06980563

ABSTRACT:
A system and method of reducing the input and output pins used to interface a fast serial port Ethernet processing system using multiplexing. Using the system of the present invention, four pins can allow a plurality of Ethernet communication paths to be connected to a single processor on a substrate. These four connections include a clocking input as well as a strobe signal which coordinates the multiplexing and identifies the time period for a predetermined source. The physical layer and the processor are each provided with a multiplexor which is controlled by the strobe to select the network to be coupled at any given time. The multiplexor includes a counter which is incremented by the clocking input and reset by the strobe signal.

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