Abstract: A data communication system includes a phase splitting circuit to split a high speed parallel data word into a number of individual parallel data bytes, a byte multiplexor for each of the phases of a phase splitting circuit, encoding and serialization circuits for converting each byte such as an 8-bit byte to an encoded form suitable for serial transmission such as by employing the Widmer et al. 8-bit/10-bit code, transmitting each encoded byte across one of a number of serial transmission links to a receiving device where the data is deserialized and decoded to recover the original byte which is then synchronized by a byte synchronization circuit. The byte synchronization circuits are then coupled to a word synchronization circuit where the original high bandwidth data word is recovered and transmitted on an internal high speed parallel bus within the receiving device.

Abstract: A high-performance clock synchronizer for transferring digital data across the asynchronous boundary between two independent clock domains operating at hardware-limited clock speeds. The external clock signal latches each incoming data word in a boundary register. An external clock divider produces several prolonged clock signals synchronized to the external clock signal for use in distributing the incoming data words into a bank of several external buffer registers, where each word stabilizes for more than one full internal clock interval before transfer across the asynchronous boundary to a bank of corresponding internal buffer registers synchronized to the internal clock signal. A special logic inserts and deletes pad words to equalize data flow rates. Another special logic reassembles the data words in proper sequence after transfer to the internal buffer register bank. Flag latches are used to avoid asynchronous sampling of more than one bit in each data word.