Apparatus installing devices controlled by MDIO or SPI protocol and method to control the same

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PATENT NO 8812764
APP PUB NO 20130111085A1
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13284618

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An apparatus including a plurality of internal devices that communicates concurrently with a controller by one of the MDIO protocol and the SPI protocol is disclosed. The controller of the invention couples with respective devices by the point-to-point arrangement. The controller couples with the external apparatus by the MDIO protocol and receives a packet containing an address of one of internal devices, the controller communicates with the device defined by the address by the protocol attributed to the device.

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SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTDOSAKA

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Futami, Ryutaro Kanagawa, JP 6 24

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