Patent ID: 11907004
Assignee: ETOPUS TECHNOLOGY INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 13:
14. A method of a transmitter device including a configurable timer circuit comprising a plurality of retimers that each include a plurality of registers arranged in a plurality of rows of registers where each register is configured to receive a different portion of input data and output a corresponding portion of the retimed input data according to a clock signal, the method comprising:
setting a data rate of operation of the transmitter device from a plurality of data rates;
responsive to the data rate being a portion of a maximum data rate of the transmitter device, reconfiguring the configurable timer circuit by enabling a portion of the plurality of rows of registers at least one of the plurality of retimers and disabling a remaining portion of the plurality of rows of registers of the at least one of the plurality of retimers;
receiving the input data for transmission by the transmitter device at the data rate;
adjusting a timing of the input data using the enabled portion of the plurality of rows of registers of the at least one of the plurality of retimers to generate retimed input data according to clock signal that is associated with the data rate; and
transmitting serialized data that is based on the retimed input data to a receiver device over a communications channel at the data rate.