Dean R Timmermann

US Patent:

20030169831, Sep 11, 2003

Filed:

Mar 7, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/093928

Inventors:

Charles Neugebauer - Atherton CA, US
William Elliott - Parker TX, US
Fritz Lebowsky - Palo Alto CA, US
Dean Timmermann - Edmonds WA, US

Assignee:

STMICROELECTRONICS, INC - CARROLLTON TX

International Classification:

H03K009/00

US Classification:

375/316000

Abstract:

A communication system includes a receiver for receiving a serial bit stream from at least one communication channel, and a decoder, in communication with the receiver, for decoding words from the received serial bit stream, the words being defined at least in part by word boundaries in the received serial bit stream. The decoder contemporaneously synchronizes detection of bits and detection of the word boundaries in the received serial bit stream. The decoder preferably decodes digitized video signal information in the serial bit stream according to a Transition Minimized Differential Signalling protocol. The receiver and decoder are preferably part of an integrated circuit chip.