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Data transfer device of serializer/deserializer system

US8050333B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 12, 2007
Grant dateNov 1, 2011
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Expiry dateJul 3, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L25/0288
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a data transfer device which cancells an offset of a differential amplifier for amplifying a received signal and an offset caused by characteristics of a differential transmission line and selects optimum conditions such as pre-emphasis amount of an output pre-emphasis circuit, a first chip (transmission side LSI=transfer engine 210) and a second chip (reception side LSI=multiplexing engine 330) are connected to each other through differential transmission line 430 and a SerDes (serializer) 401 and a SerDes (deserializer) 402 are used to make signal transmission, so that optimum setting conditions of an offset amount of an offset cancellation circuit included in an input buffer amplifier and a pre-emphasis amount of pre-emphasis circuit included in an output buffer are decided in training using a training PRBS generator 560 and a training PRBS comparator 570.

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