The purpose of the segmented LBUS is to provide a means to optimally use the data bus. Therefore, as discussed in Active Segments, segments must be filled in sequence with no gaps between used segments. However, if a segment has an EOP, the following segments might be inactive. For example, the following combinations are permitted during a single clock cycle:
•tx_enain0=1 tx_eopin0=0 tx_enain1=1 tx_eopin1=0
tx_enain2=1 tx_eopin2=1 tx_enain3=0 tx_eopin3=0
•tx_enain0=1 tx_eopin0=0 tx_enain1=1 tx_eopin1=1
tx_enain2=0 tx_eopin2=0 tx_enain3=0 tx_eopin3=0
•tx_enain0=1 tx_eopin0=1 tx_enain1=0 tx_eopin1=0
tx_enain2=0 tx_eopin2=0 tx_enain3=0 tx_eopin3=0