Patent ID: 9231796
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method of power aware equalization in a serial communications link that includes a transmitter and a receiver, the method comprising: determining, by a power aware equalization module, a required signal eye width and a required signal eye height for signals received by the receiver; identifying, by the power aware equalization module, one or more signal equalizers for signals transmitted over the serial communications link by the transmitter; identifying, by the power aware equalization module, one or more cumulative equalizer settings that equalize signals transmitted over the serial communications link by the transmitter to conform with the required signal eye width and the required signal eye height for signals received by the receiver; determining, by the power aware equalization module, power consumption values associated with each of the one or more cumulative equalizer settings; and setting, by the power aware equalization module, the one or more signal equalizers to configuration settings in dependence upon the power consumption values associated with each of the one or more cumulative equalizer settings.