Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery – Pulse or data error handling – Transmission facility testing
Reexamination Certificate
2006-11-14
2006-11-14
Lamarre, Guy (Department: 2138)
Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery
Pulse or data error handling
Transmission facility testing
C714S739000, C375S224000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07137048
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for evaluating and optimizing a signaling system is described. A pattern of test information is generated in a transmit circuit of the system and is transmitted to a receive circuit. A similar pattern of information is generated in the receive circuit and used as a reference. The receive circuit compares the patterns. Any differences between the patterns are observable. In one embodiment, a linear feedback shift register (LFSR) is implemented to produce patterns. An embodiment of the invention may be practiced with various types of signaling systems, including those with single-ended signals and those with differential signals. An embodiment of the invention may be applied to systems communicating a single bit of information on a single conductor at a given time and to systems communicating multiple bits of information on a single conductor simultaneously.
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Chau Pak Shing
Stonecypher William Franklin
Zerbe Jared
Hunton & Williams LLP
Lamarre Guy
Rambus Inc.
Trimmings John P.
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