Patent ID: 7813415

Claim:
A method to reduce power consumption in a plurality of serial transceivers, said method comprising the steps of: (A) inactivating equalizer adaptation loops of said plurality of serial transceivers until a pre-defined triggering event occurs; (B) defining a first threshold value corresponding to a minor change associated with said pre-defined triggering event and a second threshold value corresponding to a major change associated with said pre-defined triggering event; (C) automatically detecting an occurrence of the pre-defined triggering event and determining whether a change associated with the pre-defined triggering event comprises a minor change or a major change based upon said first and said second threshold values, respectively; (D) when the change associated with the pre-defined triggering event is determined to be a minor change, sequentially activating the equalizer adaptation loops tap by tap and channel by channel over a period of time; and (E) when the change associated with the pre-defined triggering event is determined to be a major change, simultaneously activating all of the equalizer adaptation loops.