Shifting circuit for a transmission system with multiple links

Abstract

Transmission system comprising at least two links for connecting a transmitter and a receiver, and receiver suitable for such a system. Transmission system comprising at least two channels for connecting a transmitter and a receiver. The receiver comprises receiving circuits (20 and 31) for receiving the data coming from the channels, a coincidence providing circuit (30) for the data coming from said channels, formed by: detection circuit (66, 67) for detecting the shift between the data from the channels to produce shift information, a shifting circuit for shifting the data of at least one of said channels as a function of said shift information, a switching circuit (35) for connecting a user circuit to either of said channels. The shifting circuit is formed by: a first deserializing circuit (98) for producing N-bit words based on received data, a permutation circuit (108) for producing permuted words by permuting the bits of the N-bit words as a function of said shift information, a plurality of second deserializing circuits (110) for connecting each of the N outputs of the permutation circuit in parallel to M outputs by taking from the buffers the data as a function of the shift information.

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