Patent ID: 7200767
Filing Date: 2007-04-03
Classification: H04J

Abstract:
1. A method of transferring a plurality of sequences of parallel data elements, said method comprising: receiving each of said plurality of sequences of parallel data elements on a corresponding one of a plurality of parallel data channels; converting each of said plurality of sequences of parallel data elements to a corresponding one of a plurality of sequences of serial data elements; sending each of said plurality of sequences of serial data elements on a corresponding one of a plurality of serial data channels, wherein said sending uses a second common clock signal associated with said plurality of serial data channels, wherein said plurality of serial data channels are synchronized with said second common clock signal; generating a sequence of synchronization signals with a short interval between successive ones of said sequence of synchronization signals; and ensuring that said plurality of parallel data channels are synchronized to a common time reference in response to each of said sequence of synchronization signals such that a first common clock signal is used to receive all of said plurality of sequences of parallel data elements on said plurality of parallel data channels, wherein the first common clock signal and the second common clock signal are periodic.