Patent ID: 8401043
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: H04J

Abstract:
1. A data transfer interface for use in a system in which alignment symbols are added to each of a plurality of first parallel data streams prior to converting the plurality of first parallel data streams to a serial data stream, the data transfer interface comprising: at least one deserializer to receive the serial data stream and to output a second parallel data stream, wherein the second parallel data stream includes data symbols representing data and the alignment symbols added prior to converting the plurality of first parallel data streams to the serial data stream; an alignment symbol detector to detect adjacent alignment symbols in the second parallel data stream, the adjacent alignment symbols corresponding to alignment symbols added to different ones of the first parallel data streams prior to converting the plurality of first parallel data streams to the serial data stream; and a demultiplexer that demultiplexes the second parallel data stream into a plurality of third parallel data streams based on detected adjacent alignment symbols in the second parallel data stream.