Patent ID: 6483802
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: H03M,H04B,H04L

Abstract:
A method of encoding data and strobe signals for transmission between first and second interconnected devices, the method including the steps of:establishing a data signal path between said interconnected devices; establishing a parallel strobe signal path between said interconnected devices, generating at said first device a binary data signal for transmission from said first device to said second device on said data signal path, said binary data signal carrying data comprising signal level transitions at predetermined bit boundaries; generating a binary strobe signal for transmission from said first device to said second device on said strobe signal path, said binary strobe signal carrying timing information comprising signal level transitions at bit boundaries, said binary strobe signal having signal transitions at bit boundaries other than said predetermined bit boundaries on the parallel binary data signal; encoding said binary data signal into a ternary data signal and said binary strobe signal into a ternary strobe signal, wherein the encoding step comprises selective inversion of signal levels such that each of said ternary signals is DC balanced for transmission from said first device to said second device.