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Clock, data and time recovery using bit-resolved timing registers

US7123675B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 25, 2002
Grant dateOct 17, 2006
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Expiry dateOct 4, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L7/042
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A clock recovery method is disclosed wherein the FIFO delay of data words and the phase difference between a data word and a receiver clock are used to time data transmissions from a transmitter. The phase difference between the data word and the receiver clock is determined by the offset of a word relative to a desired position in a storage buffer. The FIFO delay is determined either by measuring the difference between a read pointer and a write pointer in the FIFO or, alternatively, by calculating the difference between a timestamp of the time a data word entered the FIFO and the current time as the data word is read from the FIFO.

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