Patent ID: 8248955
Filing Date: 2012-08-21
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A serial transmission apparatus comprising a plurality of serially-connected data transmission apparatuses, each of the data transmission apparatuses comprising: a second shift register configured to receive a second serial input signal and generate an output signal in accordance with a clock signal; a fault-detecting circuit configured to receive an output signal of the second shift register and a first serial input signal, and to select one of the output signal of the second shift register and the first serial input signal in accordance with a fault-detecting result so as to generate an output signal; and a first shift register configured to receive the output signal of the fault-detecting circuit and to generate a serial output signal in accordance with the clock signal; wherein the second serial input signal is derived from the first serial input signal of a preceding data transmission apparatus, and the first serial input signal is derived from the serial output signal of the immediately preceding data transmission apparatus.