US Patent 8457247 In-band generation of low-frequency periodic signaling

Patent 8457247 was granted and assigned to PLX Technology (company) on June, 2013 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

PLX Technology (company)

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

84572470

Patent Inventor Names

Mark Fountain0

Date of Patent

June 4, 2013

Patent Application Number

129497060

Date Filed

November 18, 2010

Patent Primary Examiner

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Hirdepal Singh

Patent abstract

In a first embodiment of the present invention, a method for communicating main and auxiliary data over a transmission medium is provided, the method comprising: generating a low-frequency output pattern using a high-frequency oscillator, wherein the low-frequency output pattern contains the auxiliary data encoded in a first scheme, wherein the first scheme resembles an output pattern that would be generated by a low-frequency oscillator; sending the low-frequency output pattern through a transmitter to be transmitted over the transmission medium; generating a high-frequency signal using a high-frequency oscillator, wherein the high-frequency signal contains the main data encoded in a second scheme different than the first scheme; and sending the high-frequency signal through the transmitter to be transmitted over the transmission medium.