Hiep Ngo - Boston MA, US William Gist - Chelmsford MA, US Federico Tandeter - Cambridge MA, US Todd Hinck - Cambridge MA, US
Assignee:
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Palo Alto CA
International Classification:
H04L007/04
US Classification:
375/362000
Abstract:
A synchronous interconnect structure is provided for transmitting and receiving source synchronous signals. The receiver of the synchronous interconnect structure continuously monitors the phase relationship between the source clock signal and each transmitted data signal. In this manner, the synchronous interconnect structure can perform signal timing alignment for each transmitted clock and data signal in near real time fashion without impacting data transmission rates across the synchronous interconnect structure.