Title :
A chipset for gigabit rate data communication [using optical fibres]
Author :
Walker, Richard C. ; Hornak, T. ; Yen, Chu-Sun ; Springer, Kent
Author_Institution :
Hewlett-Packard Lab., Palo Alto, CA, USA
Abstract :
A gigabit-rate data link consisting of four custom silicon bipolar chips for transmitting parallel data between elements of a distributed computer system is discussed. A transmission rate of 16 bits in parallel at 50 MHz or with encoding overhead, a serial rate of 1 Gb/s is demonstrated. The link utilizes an encoding scheme that is bandwidth efficient. Unlike other links, the phase/frequency-locked loop also provides frame synchronization and requires no trimming for data retiming, either in production or later
Keywords :
application specific integrated circuits; bipolar integrated circuits; data communication equipment; encoding; optical communication equipment; optical fibres; phase-locked loops; 1 Gbit/s; 16 bits; Si; bipolar chips; custom circuits; data retiming; distributed computer system; encoding overhead; encoding scheme; frame synchronization; gigabit rate data communication; parallel data; phase/frequency-locked loop; transmission rate; Bandwidth; Clocks; Data communication; Decoding; Encoding; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Phase locked loops; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Bipolar Circuits and Technology Meeting, 1989., Proceedings of the 1989
Conference_Location :
Minneapolis, MN
DOI :
10.1109/BIPOL.1989.69510
