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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013

Filed:

Jun. 30, 2010
Applicants:

Halil Cirit, Burlingame, CA (US);

Stefanos Sidiropoulos, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Halil Cirit, Burlingame, CA (US);

Stefanos Sidiropoulos, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignee:

NetLogic Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Transmitter waveform dispersion penalty ('TWDP') is decreased in a transmitter. A binary data signal is received for transmission over a channel that exhibits TWDP. The data signal is shifted less than a full clock cycle to generate at least one post cursor signal. The post cursor signal is subtracted from the data signal to generate a transmitter output data signal for transmission over the channel. In addition to decreasing TWDP, data dependent jitter is also reduced for data transmission across a channel that exhibits a multi-pole transmission characteristic. A main data signal and at least one cursor signal, which is shifted at least a portion of a clock period from the main data signal, is generated. The cursor signal is filtered to filter out effects based on the second pole of the multi-pole transmission characteristic. The main data signal is subtracted from the filtered cursor signal to generate the transmitter output data signal. Circuits and methods for transmitting serial data streams over a channel compliant with KR and SPI specifications are also disclosed.


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