High speed parallel/serial link for data communication

US6222380A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Robert Glen Gerowitz · Raleigh, US
• Carl Thomas Gray · Cary, US
• John Marshall · Atlanta, US
• Christopher G. Riedle · Apex, US
• Raymond Paul Rizzo · Hillsborough, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 11, 1999
• Grant date: Apr 24, 2001
• Expiry date: Jun 11, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C22F1/05
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

An interface system that conveys data at approximately 500 MBitsps between modules. The interface system performs multistream serialization at the transmitter and multistream de-serialization at the Receiver. As a consequence, fewer interface connections are required between the modules.