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Skew-correcting apparatus using external communications element

US7760836B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AVALON MICROELECTRONICS, INC. · CA

Inventors

Wally Haas · St. John's, CA
Mutema John Pittman · St. John's, CA
Chuck Rumbolt · St. John's, CA

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 3, 2006
Grant date	Jul 20, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 7, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L1/242
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for determining the amount of skew to be injected into a high-speed data communications system of including a plurality of lanes having a data bus per lane, relative to a reference lane, for system skew compensation. By knowing the relative amount of skew that each lane requires for alignment, an appropriate amount of skew can be injected on each lane to provide alignment and thus compliancy with the SFI-5 and SxI-5 standards, in terms of data skew specifications. The relative skew amounts for each transmitting lane are determined using a methodology involving internal loopback and characteristics from a connected communications element to the chip receive path.

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