US 6,999,516 B1 · Technique for emulating differential signaling

Abstract

A technique for emulating differential signaling is disclosed. In one exemplary embodiment, the technique is realized by encoding a plurality of input signals so as to generate a plurality of encoded signals having a spatial run length of N, wherein N is an integer having a value of at least two. Each of the plurality of encoded signals is then transmitted over a transmission medium so as to provide a respective plurality of transmitted encoded signals. Each of the plurality of transmitted encoded signals is then compared with at least N neighboring others of the plurality of transmitted encoded signals so as to recover a representation of each of the plurality of encoded signals. Each of the plurality of recovered encoded signals is then decoded so as to generate a plurality of decoded signals representing the plurality of input signals.

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Dependent claims

A system for emulating differential signaling, the system comprising:

an encoder for encoding a plurality of input signals so as to generate a plurality of encoded signals having a spatial run length of N, wherein N is an integer having a value of at least two;
a transmission medium for transmitting the plurality of encoded signals from the encoder and thereby providing a respective plurality of transmitted encoded signals;
a plurality of comparators, each of the plurality of comparators for comparing a respective one of the plurality of transmitted encoded signals with at least N neighboring others of the plurality of transmitted encoded signals so as to generate a respective one of a plurality of recovered encoded signals representing a respective one of the plurality of encoded signals, wherein the at least N neighboring others of the plurality of transmitted encoded signals are the N neighboring transmitted encoded signals which are nearest in spatial proximity;
and
a decoder for decoding the plurality of recovered encoded signals so as to generate a plurality of decoded signals representing the plurality of input signals.

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Technique for emulating differential signaling

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