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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2002
Paul Daniel Wolf, San Carlos, CA (US);
John D. Banks, Cupertino, CA (US);
Stephen J. Keating, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Duane Siemens, Mountain View, CA (US);
Eric Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Albert M. Scalise, San Jose, CA (US);
Gijung Ahn, San Jose, CA (US);
Seung Ho Hwang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Keewook Jung, Santa Clara, CA (US);
James D. Lyle, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Michael Anthony Schumacher, San Jose, CA (US);
Vladimir Grekhov, Los Altos, CA (US);
Paul Daniel Wolf, San Carlos, CA (US);
John D. Banks, Cupertino, CA (US);
Stephen J. Keating, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Duane Siemens, Mountain View, CA (US);
Eric Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Albert M. Scalise, San Jose, CA (US);
Gijung Ahn, San Jose, CA (US);
Seung Ho Hwang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Keewook Jung, Santa Clara, CA (US);
James D. Lyle, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Michael Anthony Schumacher, San Jose, CA (US);
Vladimir Grekhov, Los Altos, CA (US);
Silicon Image, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A communication system including a transmitter, a receiver, and a serial link, in which encoded data (e.g., video, audio, and optionally also other auxiliary data) are transmitted from the transmitter to the receiver. The serial link can but need not be a TMDS or TMDS-like link. In typical embodiments, packets of encoded audio data are transmitted over each of one or more channels of the link during data islands between bursts of encoded video data. Other aspects of the invention are transmitters for use in encoding data for transmission over a serial link, receivers for receiving such data, and methods for sending encoded data over a serial link.