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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2008
Luca Magagni, Bologna, IT;
Luca Ciccarelli, Rimini, IT;
Alberto Fazzi, Eindhoven, NL;
Roberto Canegallo, Rimini, IT;
Roberto Guerrieri, Bologna, IT;
Luca Magagni, Bologna, IT;
Luca Ciccarelli, Rimini, IT;
Alberto Fazzi, Eindhoven, NL;
Roberto Canegallo, Rimini, IT;
Roberto Guerrieri, Bologna, IT;
STMicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, unknown;
Abstract
A communication system includes first and second independently clocked devices, comprising, for each device, a transmitter and a receiver connected to each other in a crossed way in correspondence of an inter-chip communication channel. The communication system further comprises a synchronizer in turn including at least a first and a second synchronization block, having respective input terminals connected to the receivers and respective output terminals connected to the transmitters and comprising at least: a test pattern generator that generates a programmable test pattern signal; a pattern detector to check a matching between stored and received test pattern signals and thus lock corresponding clock phases of the synchronization blocks in case of positive result of this check; and a delay block able to change the clock phases until a synchronized condition of the synchronization blocks is verified, this synchronized condition corresponding to a matching between stored and received test pattern signals.