Patent ID: 7302505
Filing Date: 2007-11-27
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A multi-protocol interface comprises: a wide bandwidth amplifier operable to amplify a first formatted input signal or a second formatted input signal to produce an amplified input signal; a data sampling module, coupled to the wide bandwidth amplifier, that converts the amplified input signal into a first parallel data stream having a first word size in accordance with at least one first sampling clock signal when the multi-protocol interface is in a first operational mode and to convert the amplified input signal into a second parallel data stream having a second word size in accordance with at least one second sampling clock signal when the multi-protocol interface is in a second operational mode, wherein the data sampling module includes: a clocking module, coupled to the data sampling module and a reference clock, that generates the at least one first sampling clock signal from the reference clock when the multi protocol interface is in the first operational mode and to generate the at least one second sampling clock signal based on the reference clock when the multi-protocol interface is in the second operational mode.