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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2008
Christopher J. Abel, Coplay, PA (US);
Vladimir Sindalovsky, Perkasie, PA (US);
Lane A. Smith, Easton, PA (US);
Christopher J. Abel, Coplay, PA (US);
Vladimir Sindalovsky, Perkasie, PA (US);
Lane A. Smith, Easton, PA (US);
Agere Systems Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for serializer/deserializer transmitter synchronization. A plurality of channels are synchronized in one or more serializer/deserializer devices by generating a synchronization request in one or more of the channels; generating an enable signal in response to the synchronization request; and generating a gated synchronization signal for only one or more periods of a synchronization signal in response to the enable signal. The gated synchronization signal can optionally be deasserted after the one or more periods of a synchronization signal.