Patent ID: 8217814

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a sampling unit configured to, in response to a serial clock signal, sample an input serial data stream having even and odd data bits, provide an even serial data stream including the even data bits, and provide an odd serial data stream including the odd data bits; a strobe generator configured to receive the serial clock signal and to generate a plurality of enable signals based upon the serial clock signal, wherein a frequency of a given enable signal corresponds to a fractional multiple of a frequency of the serial clock signal; a plurality of latches coupled to the sampling unit and configured to latch the even data bits and the odd data bits; wherein in response to a particular respective enable signal, each of a first portion of the plurality of latches is configured to latch and output a particular respective even data bit, and each of a second portion of the plurality of latches is configured to latch and output a particular respective odd data bit; a plurality of output flip-flops, each coupled to a respective latch and configured to capture and output the particular respective data bit output by the respective latch in response to an output clock signal.