Patent
1994-10-31
1997-10-21
Treat, William M.
G06F 1300
Patent
active
056806442
ABSTRACT:
The present invention makes use of synchronizers in transmitting the data from the transmitting system to the receiving system, but in a way so that the synchronizer can be provided with as long a settling time as the designer chooses, in order to provide for as low a rate of synchronizer failure as the designer chooses, and at the same time allowing a low delay from the time when the transmitting system knows it is to transmit a word of data until when that data word is usable within the receiving system. In the present invention the delay in the data path is not related to the settling time provided for the synchronizers, so there is no trade off situation between low failure rate and short delay, as there is in the prior art. This leaves the designer free to design for extremely low error rate due to synchronizer failure, and a big safety margin in the settling time, with no ill effect on performance. The cycle time for the data transmission is in no way affected by synchronizer settling time so it may be very fast and at the same time the rate for synchronizer failure may be as low as desired.
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Digital Equipment Corporation
Kozik Kenneth F.
Treat William M.
Winder Patrice L.
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