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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 16, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Wendell Bishop, Somerville, MA (US);
Assignee:
Natural MicroSystems Corp., Framingham, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
375371 ; 370517 ; 713400 ; 713401 ;
Abstract
Apparatus and method for processing serial data signals. In one general aspect, the method features receiving a first serial data signal having a clock frequency and phase, detecting a phase characteristic of the first serial data signal, and delaying the first serial data signal based on the phase characteristic of the first serial data signal to align at least one point in the first serial data signal with at least one point in a system clock signal.