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Circuits and methods for transferring two differentially encoded client clock domains over a third carrier clock domain between integrated circuits

US10917097B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

Microsemi Semiconductor ULC · US

Inventors

Peter Meyer · Beverungen, DE
Kamran Rahbar · Ottawa, CA
Drew Jenkins · Richardson, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 19, 2020
Grant date	Feb 9, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 19, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L25/49
WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for transferring first and second encoded client clock signals over a carrier clock domain between integrated circuits, including in a first integrated circuit encoding a phase change of the first client clock signal from a last recorded phase onto the carrier clock signal in first bit positions, encoding a phase change of the second client clock signal from a last recorded phase onto the carrier clock signal in second bit positions different from the first bit positions, and transmitting the carrier clock signal with the encoded phases of the first client clock signal and the second client clock signal over a single wire from the first integrated circuit to a second integrated circuit.

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