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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Karen Lo, Saratoga, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 7/00 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for initializing a synchronizer is provided. The initialization circuitry includes a pattern generator for generating an initialization pattern, a pattern detector for recognizing the initialization pattern, and a read select circuit. After recognition of an initialization pattern, the write pointer is set to a predetermined location in the data buffer of the synchronizer to be read. A predetermined number of cycles after receipt of a unique clock cycle identifier signal (the global frame clock) by the read select circuit, valid data in lockstep with other bitsliced interfaces can be read from the synchronizer.