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High speed parallel link receiver

US7035368B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 18, 2002
Grant dateApr 25, 2006
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Expiry dateJun 23, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L25/14
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A digital system aligns a set of serial data receiver demultiplex circuits, thereby aligning the bits in the data words, while maintaining separate and optimally aligned data recovery clocks for each channel. The digital system generates a reference clock signal and one or more slave clock signals. Phase circuitry receives the slave clock signal and outputs a plurality of clock phase signals. A phase selection circuit receives the plurality of clock phase signals and selects an adjusted clock signal in response to a phase selection signal. A clock correlation circuit determines a phase difference between the reference clock signal and the adjusted clock signal and provides the phase selection signal to minimize the phase difference. The clock correlation circuit provides the phase selection signal from a counter.

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