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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1999
O. Daryn Lau, Saratoga, CA (US);
Frank Chui, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Gene Chui, Campbell, CA (US);
Gary Kipnis, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Gurmobau Samrao, San Jose, CA (US);
Neil King, Cupertino, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A communication interface is described to align at a destination data transmitted through different channels before that data is read out. The communication interface includes a receiver circuit that has a plurality of buffers. Each buffer is coupled to a corresponding channel to receive data therethrough. The communication interface also includes a control circuit, coupled to the plurality of buffers, to enable reading of data from the plurality of buffers when each of the plurality of buffers has received at least one unit of data.