Patent ID: 6134698
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method of transferring time-dependent data of a plurality of devices wherein said data of said plurality of devices have independent sample rates, comprising:generating a data signal including:partitioning a bus bandwidth into a plurality of frames;partitioning a first of said plurality of frames into a plurality of data channels corresponding to said plurality of devices; andallocating a number of bit time slots to a first of said plurality of data channels, wherein said number of bit time slots is at least equal to a number of data samples of a device corresponding to said first data channel during a period of said first frame;generating a clock signal;generating a data valid signal configured to identify whether each of the bit time slots of said data signal are valid, wherein said data signal and said data valid signal are synchronized to said clock signal;generating an encoded data signal by encoding said data signal and said clock signal; andgenerating a dropped boundary encoded data signal by removing transitions of said encoded data signal when said data valid signal changes states.