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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:
May. 08, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles E. Dike, Hillsoboro, OR (US);
Bradley A. Bloechel, Beaverton, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/300 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for minimizing a disparity of set and clear bits transmitted across a serial line is disclosed. The method operates by determining a line disparity by examining n-bit datawords that are transmitted. The method also determines a dataword disparity is determined for a dataword yet to be transmitted. The dataword yet to be transmitted is then inverted before transmission if the line disparity and the dataword disparity have the same sign.