Receiving means for use in a high speed, low noise digital data communication system

Receiving means for use in a digital data transmission system in which digital data is transmitted over a plurality of individual transmission lines in a manner such that first and second types of data are transmitted over a first transmission line during respective first and second time periods and a clock is concurrently transmitted over a second transmission line in a manner such that said clock has respective first and second repetition rates during said first and second time periods, said receiving means comprising:

• first input means for receiving said first and second types of data transmitted over said first transmission line;
• second input means for receiving said clock transmitted over said second transmission line;
• strobe generation means responsive to a clock received by said second input means for generating a plurality of strobe pulses occurring at times dependent upon the repetition rate of said clock;
• and
• extracting means responsive to said strobe pulses and to first and second types of data received by said first input means for individually extracting each of said first and second types of data from the signal received by said first input means and for providing separate output representations thereof.