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Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2007

Filed:

May. 31, 2002
Applicants:

Chris Kennedy, San Jose, CA (US);

Carlos Henriquez, San Jose, CA (US);

Kevin Hester, Belmont, CA (US);

Inventors:

Chris Kennedy, San Jose, CA (US);

Carlos Henriquez, San Jose, CA (US);

Kevin Hester, Belmont, CA (US);

Assignee:

Ciena Corporation, Linthicum, MD (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03D 3/18 (2006.01); H03D 3/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A clock and data recovery (CDR) system that generates one or more clock signals from a received data stream and determines an optimal clock signal to associate with the incoming data stream. The system includes a candidate clock generation circuit that operates to receive the incoming data stream and generate candidate clock signals. A transition density detector circuit determines a transition density parameter associated with each of the candidate clock signals. A controller operates to determine the optimal clock signal based on the transition density parameters.


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