Bifurcate buffer
AssigneeIDT Canada Inc.
InventorDavid Brown
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Abstract
A buffer includes a plurality of serial inputs, a plurality of de-serializers, each coupled to a respective input, a plurality n of buffers and a media access controller having inputs coupled to the plurality of de-serializers, data outputs coupled to the buffers, and two control outputs coupled to respective buffers for buffering input data at a clock rate one-nth that of the input data. Preferably the buffer is a bifurcate buffer. In operation, serial packets are received on a port. They must be converted to parallel data for processing by conventional CMOS logic, however there are limits serial to parallel conversion ratio. This buffer describe circumvents theses limits.
Claims8
A buffer comprising:
- a plurality of serial inputs;
- a plurality of de-serializers, each coupled to a respective input;
- a plurality n of buffers;
- and
- a media access controller having inputs coupled to the plurality of de-serializers, data outputs coupled to the buffers, and two control outputs coupled to respective buffers for buffering input data at a clock rate one-nth that of the input data.
A bifurcate buffer comprising:
- a plurality of serial inputs;
- a plurality of de-serializers, each coupled to a respective input;
- two buffers;
- and
- a media access controller having inputs coupled to the plurality of de-serializers, data outputs coupled to the buffers, and two control outputs coupled to respective buffers for buffering input data at a clock rate one-half that of the input data.
A bifurcate buffer comprising:
- a plurality of serial inputs;
- a plurality of de-serializers, each coupled to a respective input;
- two buffers;
- and
- two media access controllers each having inputs coupled to one-half the plurality of de-serializers, data outputs coupled to the buffers, and a control output coupled to respective buffers for buffering input data at a clock rate one-half that of the input data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.