Patent ID: 11886375
Assignee: RAMBUS INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H  Y | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A device, comprising:
a transmit circuit to couple to a wired link and to transmit data from the device to a second device;
a receive circuit to couple to the wired link and to receive data transmitted by the second device; and
control logic coupled to the transmit circuit and receive circuit, to configure bi-directional communication of information over the wired link with the second device at various data rates, where a maximum data rate of the various data rates is a non-integer multiple of an initial data rate of the various data rates and is determined by the control logic based on a metric for communication of information over the wired link determined for each of two or more of the various data rates, wherein the control logic is to:
increase a voltage swing of the transmit circuit if the maximum data rate is less than a target data rate;
decrease a supply voltage of the transmit circuit if the maximum data rate is greater than the target data rate; and
decrease the voltage swing of the transmit circuit if the maximum data rate is greater than the target data rate.