ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,332, issued on May 12, was assigned to INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AMERICAS CORP. (El Segundo, Calif.).

"Time-division multiplexing to reduce alien crosstalk in cables" was invented by Seid Alireza Razavi Majomard (Belmont, Calif.) and David Shen (Saratoga, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transceiver transmits data via a first cable among a plurality of cables in a wired communication network, and selectively operates in one of (i) an active mode for transmitting data to a link partner via the first cable and (ii) a low power mode during which the transceiver quiets transmissions to conserve power. A crosstalk detector determines th...