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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2010
Applicants:
Frederic Richard, Maidenhead, GB;
Lambertus DE Jong, Wantage, GB;
Inventors:
Frederic Richard, Maidenhead, GB;
Lambertus De Jong, Wantage, GB;
Assignee:
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Serial communications circuitry is provided that has bonded first-in-first-out (FIFO) buffer circuitry. The circuitry may include state machine and barrel shifter circuitry that conveys data between the bonded FIFO circuitry and a bonded serial communications path. The bonded FIFO circuitry and the bonded lane may increase the efficiency of the serial communications circuitry by reducing the number of empty data bytes buffered in the FIFO circuitry and conveyed over the serial communications path.