Patent ID: 9366722
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: G01R

Claim Text:
1. A method for performing de-skew control, the method applied to an electronic device, the method comprising: performing a symbol detection at a plurality of lanes of the electronic device, respectively, to determine locations of a specific symbol at the plurality of lanes, respectively; selectively rearranging decoded data in the plurality of lanes to generate a plurality of sets of de-skewed data respectively corresponding to the plurality of lanes according to the locations of the specific symbol at the plurality of lanes; and buffering the plurality of sets of de-skewed data to selectively delay output time of the plurality of sets of de-skewed data, to control beginning of the plurality of sets of de-skewed data to be simultaneously outputted; wherein the step of buffering the plurality of sets of de-skewed data to selectively delay the output time of the plurality of sets of de-skewed data, to control the beginning of the plurality of sets of de-skewed data to be simultaneously outputted further comprises: utilizing a plurality of D flip flops corresponding to the plurality of lanes, respectively, to buffer the plurality of de-skewed data, so as to selectively delay the output time of the plurality of de-skewed data.