Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery – Pulse or data error handling – Transmission facility testing
Reexamination Certificate
2010-06-14
2011-11-29
Trimmings, John (Department: 2117)
Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery
Pulse or data error handling
Transmission facility testing
C714S739000, C714S030000, C714S744000, C714S716000, C714S712000, C714S704000, C714S738000, C714S745000, C714S721000, C714S724000, C714S728000, C714S733000, C714S734000, C714S735000, C375S221000, C375S249000, C370S282000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08069378
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 present disclosure may be practiced with various types of signaling systems, including those with single-ended signals and those with differential signals. An embodiment of the present disclosure 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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