Reference clock recovery for “eye” measurements
AssigneeTektronix, Inc.
InventorsSrikrishna H. Nadig, Kalev Sepp
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Abstract
A method for recovering a clock from a serial data stream for use in producing “eye” diagram measurements includes determining an initial recovered clock from the serial data stream based upon transition edges. Time interval error values are then determined as a function of the transition edges and corresponding initial recovered clock times. Time interval error values are interpolated for initial recovered clock times not associated with transition edges to produce a complete set of time interval error values. The complete set of time interval error values are lowpass filtered to produce a filtered set of time interval error values. The clock for the serial data stream is reconstructed from the filtered set of time interval error values.
Claims4
A method of recovering a clock from a serial data stream comprising the steps of:
- determining an initial recovered clock using a constant clock recovery method based on transition edges in the serial data stream;
- obtaining a complete set of time interval error values for each cycle of the initial recovered clock;
- filtering the complete set of time interval error values to remove a high frequency component, producing a filtered set of time interval error values;
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- reconstructing the clock for the serial data stream from the filtered set of time interval error values;
- wherein the obtaining step comprises the steps of:
- calculating time interval error values for the transition edges as a function of the initial recovered clock;
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- interpolating time interval error values for each cycle of the initial recovered clock where there is no corresponding transition edge, the calculated and interpolated time interval error values providing the complete set of time interval error values.
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