Patent ID: 11956340
Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus comprising:
a received data input adapted to receive an input data stream;
a data output adapted to output an output data stream;
clock generation circuitry configured to generate a transmission clock at a transmission clock output and configured to generate a plurality of receiver clocks at a corresponding one of a plurality of receiver clock outputs, each of the plurality of receiver clocks having a different phase shift;
interleaving circuitry including a data input, a plurality of data outputs, and a plurality of clock inputs, the data input coupled to the received data input and each of the plurality of clock inputs coupled to one of the plurality of receiver clock outputs; and
handoff circuitry coupled to the interleaving circuitry, the handoff circuitry including:
comparison circuitry coupled to the clock generation circuitry and configured to compare the plurality of receiver clocks to the transmission clock;
clock configuration circuitry coupled to the comparison circuitry and configured to select one of the plurality of receiver clocks based on the comparison circuitry; and
a plurality of flip-flops coupled to the clock configuration circuitry and configured to convert the plurality of data outputs from the plurality of receiver clocks to the transmission clock to generate a plurality of transmission data streams based on the one of the plurality of receiver clocks selected by the clock configuration circuitry.