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Parallel scrambler used in SONET data transmission

US5185799A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 13, 1992
Grant dateFeb 9, 1993
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Expiry dateFeb 13, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L25/03872
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A data scrambler circuit which adds the SONET polynomial 1+X.sup.6 +X.sup.7 to data in a parallel format to thereby reduce circuitry clock rates to one-eighth the line rate, which reduces power consumption and simplifies timing constraints. A circuit embodiment includes a first series of flip-flops connected to generate the polynomial and a second series of flip-flops for holding the generated polynomial. To provide a relatively large window of time for looking at the data, parallel data is obtained by providing a parallel-to-parallel register at the output of a serial-to-parallel register. The parallel data is added to the held polynomial by a series of exclusive OR gates.

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