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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2005
Applicants:
Wai-bor Leung, Wescosville, PA (US);
Barry Britton, Allentown, PA (US);
Akila Subramaniam, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Wai-Bor Leung, Wescosville, PA (US);
Barry Britton, Allentown, PA (US);
Akila Subramaniam, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/06 (2006.01); H04J 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A channel-alignment circuit has a controller and a plurality of channel-alignment blocks. Each channel-alignment block synchronizes two or more channels. The controller coordinates the synchronization of channels by the blocks such that (i) channels in each of one or more groups of two or more blocks are synchronized, and (ii) each group of blocks is synchronized independently of any other group.