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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2017
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Baher Haroun, Allen, TX (US);
Tobias Bernhard Fritz, Mainburg, DE;
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 7/027 (2006.01); H04J 3/06 (2006.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 7/0278 (2013.01); H04J 3/06 (2013.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A circuit includes a serializer module that includes an input stage that samples an input signal to capture an edge location for each of the input signal in a given time frame. An edge encoder encodes the edge location for the input signal into a packet frame to specify where the edge location occurs in the given time frame for the input signal. A transmitter receives the packet frame from the edge decoder and converts the packet frame into a serial data stream. The transmitter communicates the edge location for the input signal via the serial data stream.