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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Walter Michael Pitio, Morganville, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Parama Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/327 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/327 ;
Abstract
A serializer and deserializer are disclosed that provide an efficient scheme for both forward error correction and symbol alignment and frame alignment by the deserializer. In particular, the illustrative embodiment provides an efficient method for generating row and column parity bits for an S by K-bit matrix that can, in some cases, require fewer that S+K parity bits. This is particularly useful for when a single word is broken up and its pieces are sent via different serial communications channels and the deserializer needs to be capable of properly reassembling the fragments into the word.