Patent ID: 8443124

Claim:
A data communications device, comprising: a first serializer-deserializer (SERDES) device including a first analog portion and a first digital portion, said first analog portion having a first serial port and a clock and data recovery module coupled to a receive portion of said first serial port, and said first digital portion coupled to a serial data output of said clock and data recovery module; a second SERDES device including a second analog portion and a second digital portion, said second analog portion having a second serial port and a data serializer and clock generator module coupled to a transmit portion of said second serial port, and said second digital portion coupled to a serial data input of said data serializer and clock generator module; and a first signal path that connects said serial data output of said clock and data recovery module to said serial data input of said data serializer and clock generator module, bypassing said first and second digital portions.