Enhanced receiving chip for a computer monitor

Abstract

An improved transceiver that is tightly integrated into an enhanced receiving chip for a computer monitor. The transceiver includes a receiver having a first input port for receiving serialized data, a first output port for transmitting deserialized data to the transceiver, and a second input port adapted for receiving feedback data forwarded from a sensor to an audio and video control unit. The serialized data comprises video, audio and control data. The transceiver further comprises a receiver operably coupled between the first input port and the first output port, as well as a timing generator coupled to recover a clock signal from the serialized data and to synchronize the deserialized data from the recovered clock. The transceiver also includes a transmitter with a third input port for receiving parallel data and a second output port for transmitting a serial data stream. The parallel data are received by the third input port concurrently with the serialized data being received by the first input port. A deserializer is coupled to convert the serialized data into the deserialized data. A serializer is coupled to convert the parallel data into the serial data stream. The transceiver is also part of a communications module, adapted for use in a monitor, also including a timing generator for generating a clock for synchronized timing, control registers for storing native format control data, and a sound generator for producing audio signals which correspond to native format audio data sent to the communications module from a base computer.