Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Integrated circuit having lanes interchangeable between clock and data lanes in clock forward interface receiver
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Application No.: US17343704Application Date: 2021-06-09
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Publication No.: US11609872B2Publication Date: 2023-03-21
- Inventor: Yueh-Chuan Lu , Ching-Hsiang Chang
- Applicant: M31 TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu County
- Assignee: M31 TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: M31 TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu County
- Agency: WPAT, P.C., Intellectual Property Attorneys
- Agent Anthony King
- Main IPC: G06F13/20
- IPC: G06F13/20 ; G06F1/10

Abstract:
An integrated circuit in a transmitter includes a multi-lane interface, N signal generating circuits, a lane selection circuit and a control circuit. The multi-lane interface has N lanes. M of the N signal generating circuits are configured to generate M clock signals respectively. (N-M) of the N signal generating circuits are configured to generate (N-M) data signals respectively. The lane selection circuit is configured to select M of the N lanes as M clock lanes by coupling the M clock signals to the M clock lanes respectively, and couple one of the (N-M) data signals to one of remaining (N-M) lanes, serving as (N-M) data lanes, according to a data select signal. The control circuit is configured to generate a data select signal according to a lane identifier of the one of the (N-M) lanes. The data select signal has a signal value mapping to the lane identifier.
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