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US 2017/0366259 A1Published application
Enhanced digital diagnostics for optical pam apparatus
AssigneeInphi Corporation
InventorTodd ROPE
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Abstract
A Pulse Amplitude Modulated (PAM) optical device utilizing multiple wavelengths, features a communications interface having enhanced diagnostics capability. New registers are created to house additional diagnostic information, such as error rates. The diagnostic information may be stored in raw form, or as processed on-chip utilizing local resources.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a receiver configured to handle communication of optical data;
- a debugging memory;
- and
- a master logic control comprising a first register storing a parameter of the optical data captured by the debugging memory, the master logic control configured to,
- receive parametric information relating to the optical data,
- store the parametric information;
- process the parameter with the parametric information to create diagnostic information, and
- store the diagnostic information in a second register.
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A method comprising:
- receiving from an optical receiver, parametric information relating to optical data;
- streaming the parametric information from a debugging memory to a first register of a master logic system;
- processing the optical data with the parametric information by the master logic system to create diagnostic information;
- and
- storing the diagnostic information in a second register of the master logic system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.