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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
May. 20, 2003
Applicant:
Christopher C. Bryson, Cardiff, GB;
Inventor:
Christopher C. Bryson, Cardiff, GB;
Assignee:
Phyworks Limited, , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/12 (2006.01); H03M 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An integrated circuit can operate in a first mode as a parallel-to-serial converter, and in a second mode as a serial-to-parallel converter. Some of the components of the integrated circuit are used in both modes. For example, the IC has a single parallel interface, which is used as a parallel input in the first mode, and as a parallel output in the second mode. Further, the IC includes a single phase-locked loop circuit, which is used in a clock multiplier unit in the first mode, and in a clock recovery circuit in the second mode.