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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2009
Michael V Nanevicz, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael V Nanevicz, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Samplify Systems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A data converter includes N analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) to sample multiple analog signals in response to an input clock to produce N signal samples per sample period. For each sample period, the bits of the N signal samples are multiplexed to M sets of multiplexed bits where 1<M<N. There are K bits in each multiplexed data set, where K equals the number of bits per sample multiplied by N then divided by M. A data clock is provided having a data clock frequency that substantially equals the input clock frequency multiplied by K. The M sets of multiplexed bits are serialized and provided to M data ports at the data clock frequency for transfer across the digital interface. This abstract does not limit the scope of the invention as described in the claims.