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Synchronizing data between devices

US5822571A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 5, 1996
Grant dateOct 13, 1998
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Expiry dateJun 5, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F13/405
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Data is transmitted between a first device and a second device connected by the communications channel in a computer system. The first device generates a first clock and the second device generates a second clock. The first clock is provided to the second device and the second clock is provided to the first device. Data received by the first device over the communications channel from the second device is synchronized to the first clock. The receiving logic in the first device includes a first-in-first-out buffer The received data is stored in a first-in-first-out buffer until the data is synchronized to the first clock. The first and second clocks have the same frequency.

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