Abstract: The reliability of a data communication link may be analyzed and otherwise maintained by collecting a two-dimensional array representing a functional data eye, and using a convolutional neural network to determine a score of the functional data eye. The determined score may be compared with a threshold, and an action may be initiated based on the result of the comparison.

Abstract: The present invention provides a data read-write method and apparatus and a circular queue. The method includes: obtaining an offset position of a write pointer from a queue head of a circular queue; determining an offset position of a read pointer according to the offset position of the write pointer; and reading data from the circular queue according to the offset position of the read pointer. Single input multiple output of share memory is implemented, and therefore a plurality of read threads may read data from the circular queue in parallel, thereby effectively improving read-write efficiency of data, and reducing memory consumption.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a PUF-based IoT device authentication technique, and more specifically, to a PUF-based IoT device using channel state information, and an authentication method thereof. According to an embodiment of the present invention, security of an authentication key may be strengthened by simultaneously utilizing a PUF-based authentication method and an RF characteristic-based authentication method.

Abstract: Provided is a synchronous FIFO, including a data storage circuit, a first logic circuit, a second logic circuit and indication circuits. The data storage circuit includes N first registers, N first multiplexers and N first deciders, where N is a positive integer; and the N first registers and the N first multiplexers are alternately connected. Based on the registers, the synchronous FIFO builds a storage required by the FIFO, and primarily includes the registers, the multiplexers and the deciders, the use of an RAM is avoided, that is, there is no need to occupy the RAM, and there is no need to perform RAM read-write enabling and address control, thereby avoiding wasting RAM resources. In designs with lower storage depth requirements, few resources are occupied, so that a chip area is greatly reduced, the cost is reduced, and layout and wiring are more convenient.

Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure include a method and an apparatus for transmitting data. The method may include, in response to a data frame entering a low jitter (LJ) access category, setting an LJ tolerance of the LJ access category to a first tolerance value. The method may further include, in response to a value of the LJ tolerance decreasing to zero, setting the LJ tolerance to a second tolerance value and setting a backoff count of the LJ access category from a first backoff value to a second backoff value. The second tolerance value may be less than or equal to the first tolerance value. The second backoff value may be less than the first backoff value. The method may further include transmitting the data frame to a target station using the LJ access category in response to the backoff count decreasing to zero.

Abstract: Lightweight inter-satellite handover device and method for a mega LEO satellite network are provided. An attribute extraction sub-module extracts attributes of handover users in a user information storage unit. Based on the attributes of the handover users, a cluster sub-module clusters the handover users into user clusters. A decision set generator sub-module generates target satellite sets of the user clusters, determines each target satellite of the target satellite sets of the user clusters of each LEO satellite whether belongs to LEO satellites in a management domain of a handover decision point of managing the LEO satellite based on management domain information in a LEO satellite information storage unit, and if YES, performing inter-satellite handover by a centralized decision unit, otherwise performing inter-satellite handover by a distributed decision unit.

Abstract: This application provides a drive and a data transmission method, to implement low-latency transmission. The drive includes a CDR circuit, an elastic buffer, a receiver circuit, and a transmitter circuit. The CDR circuit is configured to recover a receive clock from a received signal. The receiver circuit is configured to recover sent data from the received signal by using the receive clock. The elastic buffer is configured to move the sent data in by using the receive clock and move the data out by using the receive clock. The transmitter circuit is configured to send the sent data from the elastic buffer by using the receive clock.

Abstract: A data formatting module of a low voltage drive circuit (LVDC) includes a sample and hold circuit, an interpreter, a first buffer, a digital to digital converter circuit, and a data packeting circuit. The sample and hold circuit is operable to sample and hold an n-bit digital value of filtered digital data to produce an n-bit sampled digital data value. The interpreter is operable to convert the n-bit sampled digital data value into interpreted n-bit sampled digital data. The interpreter is operable to write the interpreted n-bit sampled digital data into the first buffer in accordance with a write clock until a digital word is formed. The digital to digital converter circuit is operable to format the digital word to produce a formatted digital word. The data packeting circuit is operable to generate a data packet from the formatted digital word and output the data packet as received digital data.

Abstract: Embodiments of a Next Generation Node-B (gNB) and methods of communication are disclosed herein. The gNB may be configured with a gNB-CU and a gNB-DU. A first paging message for paging of the UE may be received at the gNB-CU from an access management function (AMF) entity. The first paging message may include: a paging identity of the UE; and a paging origin information element (IE) that indicates whether the paging of the UE is originated due to a protocol data unit (PDU) session from non-3GPP access. A second paging message to page the UE may be transmitted from the gNB-DU to the UE. The second paging message may include: the paging identity of the UE; and an access type parameter that indicates whether the paging of the UE is originated due to the PDU session from the non-3GPP access.

Abstract: A duty-cycle corrector circuit produces a clock signal with a given duty cycle (e.g., fifty percent) or with a substantially given duty cycle. The DC corrector circuit includes a delay-locked loop (DLL) circuit and a duty-cycle correction (DCC) circuit. The DLL circuit is operable to adjust a delay between local clock signals until the phase difference between the local clock signals equals or is substantially equal to zero. The DCC circuit is operable to adjust the duty cycles of the local clock signals until the duty-cycle error equals or is substantially equal to zero. The duty-cycle error equals or substantially equals zero when the duty cycles of the local clock signals equal or are substantially equal to fifty percent.

Abstract: This application provides example symbol processing methods and apparatuses. One example method includes generating a first symbol in a symbol sequence, where the first symbol and a second symbol have a same first symbol component, a start location of the first symbol component in the first symbol is a start location of the first symbol, a start location of the first symbol component in the second symbol is a location at which a cyclic prefix is truncated in the second symbol, the second symbol is a next symbol adjacent to the first symbol, and the first symbol and the second symbol each has a cyclic prefix. The first symbol can then be sent.

Abstract: An example method may include receiving, at a device, a first frame over a wireless network and constructing a preliminary data portion of a second frame. The second frame may be configured for transmission over the wireless network. The method may also include in response to the receiving of the first frame at the device, beginning transmission of a header portion of the second frame over the wireless network and after the beginning transmission of the header portion of the second frame, constructing, based on the preliminary data portion, a finalized data portion of the second frame for transmission over the wireless network.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to communication methods and systems for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system utilizing technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure is applicable to intelligent services utilizing 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A Secondary Cell (SCell) method and apparatus for activating an SCell are provided for use in a mobile communication system supporting dual connectivity.

Abstract: A system for transmitting signals via serial links includes a plurality of lanes for combining data onto a transmission media, a skew detector configured to detect skew among two of the plurality of lanes, and a variable delay circuit controlled by the skew detector, configured to delay the start of a clock signal to circuitry of one of the plurality of lanes.

Abstract: In some aspects, there is provided a method. The method may include estimating, based on a first signal-phase in a plurality of signal-phases associated with an input signal, a first channel impulse response; estimating, based on a second signal-phase in the plurality of signal-phases, a second channel impulse response; selecting, based on at least one characteristic of the estimated first channel impulse response and the estimated second channel impulse response, a signal-phase from the plurality of signal-phases; equalizing, based on the selected signal phase, the input signal to produce an equalized signal; and outputting, to a symbol detector, the equalized signal. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.

Abstract: A phase interpolator includes a decoder, a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), and a phase mixer. The decoder generates first and second thermometer codes and a selection signal based on a code. The DAC includes unit cells, determines two of weight signals as first and second target weight signals based on the selection signal, and adjusts a current of the first and second target weight signals by controlling the unit cells based on the first and second thermometer codes and the selection signal. The phase mixer determines two of input clock signals as first and second target clock signals and generates an output clock signal based on the first and second target weight signals and the first and second target clock signals. A phase of the output clock signal is between phases of the first and second target clock signals. The unit cells include different first and second unit cells.

Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a first oscillator configured to generate a first signal with a first frequency based on a control signal and output the first signal to a path. The semiconductor integrated circuit includes a control signal generation circuit operatively coupled to the first oscillator via the path, and configured to receive the first signal from the first oscillator via the path and generate the control signal. The semiconductor integrated circuit includes a second oscillator configured to generate a second signal with a second frequency based on the control signal and output the second signal to an output terminal outside the path.

Abstract: An integrated circuit receiver is disclosed comprising a data receiving circuit responsive to a timing signal to detect a data signal and an edge receiving circuit responsive to the timing signal to detect a transition of the data signal. One of the data or edge receiving circuits comprises an integrating receiver circuit while the other of the data or edge sampling circuits comprises a sampling receiver circuit.

Abstract: A single-level single-line full-duplex bus communication method and system are disclosed. The method includes: transmitting, by a first signal transceiver, data according to a first internal transmitter clock F1, simultaneously monitoring a level change on a bus, and parsing received data; transmitting, by a second signal transceiver, data according to a second internal transmitter clock F2, simultaneously monitoring the level change on the bus, and parsing received data; and communicating between the first and second signal transceivers by means of a single line, wherein the first and second transmitter clocks satisfy a relationship: F1>F2*(length of data unit+2). The system achieves single-level single-line full-duplex communication by using different coding formats and different internal transmitter clocks, whereby the number of signal lines can be reduced, single-level communication can be achieved by using universal digital levels, i.e., 0, 1, and the hardware implementation difficulty can be reduced.

Abstract: A test mode signal is generated to include a test pattern and an error reporting sequence. The test mode signal is sent on link that includes one or more extension devices and two or more sublinks. The test mode signal is to be sent on a particular one of the sublinks and is to be used by a receiving device to identify errors on the particular sublink. The error reporting sequence is to be encoded with error information to describe error status of sublinks in the plurality of sublinks.

Abstract: An audio decoder decodes a bit stream of encoded audio data, which bit stream represents a sequence of audio sample values and includes a plurality of frames, wherein each frame includes associated encoded audio sample values. The audio decoder includes a determiner configured to determine whether a frame of the encoded audio data is a special frame including encoded audio sample values associated with the special frame and additional information, wherein the additional information include encoded audio sample values of a number of frames preceding the special frame, wherein the encoded audio sample values of the preceding frames are encoded using the same codec configuration as the special frame, wherein the number of preceding frames is sufficient to initialize the decoder to be in a position to decode the audio sample values associated with the special frame if the special frame is the first frame upon start-up of the decoder.

Abstract: A duty-cycle corrector circuit produces a clock signal with a given duty cycle (e.g., fifty percent) or with a substantially given duty cycle. The DC corrector circuit includes a delay-locked loop (DLL) circuit and a duty-cycle correction (DCC) circuit. The DLL circuit is operable to adjust a delay between local clock signals until the phase difference between the local clock signals equals or is substantially equal to zero. The DCC circuit is operable to adjust the duty cycles of the local clock signals until the duty-cycle error equals or is substantially equal to zero. The duty-cycle error equals or substantially equals zero when the duty cycles of the local clock signals equal or are substantially equal to fifty percent.

Abstract: A method that includes determining a first clock gap for a first block of an integrated circuit based on a performance factor of the first block or an external factor and adjusting a clock signal to the first block based on the first clock gap. The method also includes determining a second clock gap for a second block of the integrated circuit based on (i) the first clock gap and (ii) a performance factor of the second block or the external factor. The second clock gap is different from the first clock gap. The method further includes adjusting the clock signal to the second block based on the second clock gap.

Abstract: A clock and data recovery circuit includes a phase interpolation circuit that adjusts a phase of a reference clock signal generated by a reference clock generation circuit to generate a reception clock signal, a filter that performs filter processing on a data signal output from an ADC that converts an analog data signal to a digital data signal in synchronization with the clock signal, a phase comparison circuit that outputs phase difference data between a transmission-side clock signal and the reference clock signal based on an output of the filter, and a loop filter that generates phase data to be set in the phase interpolation circuit. The filter includes an FIR filter with a tap number N, and an FIR filter with a tap number N+1 that outputs a signal delayed by half a clock than the former FIR filter.

Abstract: An audio decoder decodes a bit stream of encoded audio data, which bit stream represents a sequence of audio sample values and includes a plurality of frames, wherein each frame includes associated encoded audio sample values. The audio decoder includes a determiner configured to determine whether a frame of the encoded audio data is a special frame including encoded audio sample values associated with the special frame and additional information, wherein the additional information include encoded audio sample values of a number of frames preceding the special frame, wherein the encoded audio sample values of the preceding frames are encoded using the same codec configuration as the special frame, wherein the number of preceding frames is sufficient to initialize the decoder to be in a position to decode the audio sample values associated with the special frame if the special frame is the first frame upon start-up of the decoder.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an apparatus including: a phase detector for detecting a write frequency of a deserializer and a read frequency of a serializer, such that the phase detector outputs a first code sequence in response to the write frequency being greater than the read frequency, or a second code sequence at the rotator input in response to the write frequency being less than the read frequency; and a phase rotator for receiving the first code sequence or the second code sequence from the phase rotator to transmit a pacing signal having the read frequency to the deserializer, wherein the pacing signal causes the read frequency to increase or decrease based on whether the read frequency is different from the write frequency.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for clock locking for frame-based communications of memory devices are described. A memory system may include a memory device and a host device. The memory device may receive one or more frames of data from the host device, the one or more frames of data communicated by the host device using a first frame clock. The memory device may generate a second frame clock aligned with the one or more frames on receiving the one or more frames and align one or more operations of the memory device with the second frame clock. In some examples, the host device may receive a second set of frames from the memory device based on transmitting the first set of frames. The host device may align one or more operations of the host device with the second set of frames received from the memory device.

Abstract: An example method may include receiving, at a device, a first frame over a wireless network and constructing a preliminary data portion of a second frame. The second frame may be configured for transmission over the wireless network. The method may also include in response to the receiving of the first frame at the device, beginning transmission of a header portion of the second frame over the wireless network and after the beginning transmission of the header portion of the second frame, constructing, based on the preliminary data portion, a finalized data portion of the second frame for transmission over the wireless network.

Abstract: Aspects of the embodiments are directed to systems, methods, and devices that can activate forward error correction (FEC) based on the channel loss of a channel. The channel's loss can be characterized as a high loss channel if the channel loss exceeds a predetermined threshold value. For channels with high loss and for those that operate at high data rates (e.g., data rates commensurate with PCIe Gen 4 or Gen 5), FEC can be activated so that the channels can achieve higher data rates.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure describe devices, systems, and processes for testing capacitors. For an embodiment, a system includes a digital signal processor configured to execute non-transient computer executable instructions for testing a device over at least three operating modes. The operating modes may include a start-up mode, during which the digital signal processor is configured to control initial charging of the device to a desired initial condition, a charge mode, during which the digital signal processor is configured to control replenishment of electrical energy in the device, and a test mode, during which the digital signal processor is configured to control testing of the device in accordance with at least one testing protocol. The device may include an energy capture circuit configured to capture recovered energy arising during a first test cycle and to provide the recovered energy to the device for use during a second test cycle.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to detecting phase slips that may occur in a multi-lane serial datalink. Phase slips may occur when a lane experiences lane skew, which may introduce a phase slip with respect to another lane. To detect phase slippage, the system may select a reference lane from among the lanes. The system may generate a pre-deskew delta value based on a difference between the FIFO filling level of the reference lane before a deskew and the FIFO filling level of a second lane before the deskew. The system may generate a post-deskew delta value based on a difference between the FIFO filling level of the reference lane after the deskew and the FIFO filling level of the second lane after the deskew. The system may use a difference between the post-deskew delta and the pre-deskew delta to detect phase slip on the second lane relative to the reference lane.

Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for clock synchronization for transmission of audio information are disclosed herein. In one example, a System on Chip (SoC) includes a Universal Serial Bus (USB) transceiver, an oscillator circuit free of a crystal, a frequency divider, and a clock synchronization calibrator. The USB transceiver is configured to extract a first synchronization clock associated with data received by the USB transceiver. The oscillator circuit free of a crystal is configured to generate an original clock. The frequency divider is configured to generate a second synchronization clock based on the original clock. The clock synchronization calibrator configured to generate a first set of frequency control data based on a frequency difference between the first synchronization clock and the second synchronization clock.

Abstract: A method, system, program control code, and hardware circuit are provided for predicting performance of an system-on-chip (SoC) (100) having a processor (105) and a master device (106) having shared access to a single-port memory (104) by activating a timer (102) in a Performance Monitoring Unit (PMU) (101) to measure a specified number of cycles of the processor in a defined measure instance and by activating a memory access counter (103) in the PMU to measure a first count of memory access requests to the single-port memory by the processor in the defined measure instance and to measure a second count of memory access requests to the single-port memory by the master device in the defined measure instance, so that the first and second counts are stored in memory.

Abstract: A test instrument tests an optical component of a fiber optic network. The test instrument determines signal parameters describing pulses to be emitted by lasers of the test instrument to test the optical component, and directly modulates the lasers to repeatedly emit the pulses at different wavelengths on a single fiber optic cable in a time division multiplexing manner. The test instrument triggers powering measurements to coincide with the emitted pulses, and determines performance parameters of the optical component based on the triggered power measurements.

Abstract: An audio decoder decodes a bit stream of encoded audio data, which bit stream represents a sequence of audio sample values and includes a plurality of frames, wherein each frame includes associated encoded audio sample values. The audio decoder includes a determiner configured to determine whether a frame of the encoded audio data is a special frame including encoded audio sample values associated with the special frame and additional information, wherein the additional information include encoded audio sample values of a number of frames preceding the special frame, wherein the encoded audio sample values of the preceding frames are encoded using the same codec configuration as the special frame, wherein the number of preceding frames is sufficient to initialize the decoder to be in a position to decode the audio sample values associated with the special frame if the special frame is the first frame upon start-up of the decoder.

Abstract: A communication interface includes one or more input/output circuitries, each input/output circuitry including a pointer generation block that controls write pointers of a respective input/output circuitry and read pointers of the respective input/output circuitry. Each input/output circuitry also includes input/output buffers communicatively coupled to the pointer generation block. Each input/output circuitry further includes a receive delay-locked loop that provides a clock signal to the plurality of input/output buffers. Each input/output circuitry also includes one or more transmit delay-locked loops that delay the clock signal.

Abstract: An image display device includes a communication device transmits a transmission request to each of the image transmission devices and receives a frame including differential data transmitted by each image transmission device in response to the transmission request. A measurement unit measures, for each image transmission device, a first required time interval, which is the time required from the start of transmission of the transmission request until the start of reception of the frame, and a second required time interval, which is the time required from the start of reception until the completion of reception of the frame. A control unit causes transmission requests to be sent to each of the image transmission devices at predetermined transmission intervals, causes measurement unit to measure the first and second required time intervals, and changes the transmission interval of the transmission request based on the measurement results.

Abstract: A replacement physical layer (PHY) for low-speed Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Express (PCIe) systems is disclosed. In one aspect, an analog PHY of a conventional PCIe system is replaced with a digital PHY. The digital PHY is coupled to a media access control (MAC) logic by a PHY interface for PCIe (PIPE) directly. In further exemplary aspects, the digital PHY may be a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) PHY that includes a serializer and a deserializer. Replacing the analog PHY with the digital PHY allows entry and exit from low-power modes to occur much quicker, resulting in substantial power savings and reduced latency. Because the digital PHY is operable with low-speed communication, the digital PHY can maintain sufficient bandwidth that communication is not unnecessarily impacted by digital logic of the digital PHY.

Abstract: A system substantially updates all the phase shifter values of a phased array antenna by using two “global writes” to update these parameters to all phased-array transformation circuits simultaneously via a serial bus. Antenna elements, each controlled by a phased-array transformation circuit, are individually configured to transform phase and gain according to a register array. The register array has a local register group and a central register group, the local registers physically placed close in proximity to RF chains which each correspond to an element of array antenna, whereby each set of local registers control an individual antenna element and a central register controlling overall beam steering function. Gain values are hierarchically distributed. The apparatus is configured to efficiently elaborate phase shift weights into a submodule of a phase array antenna system with low noise and bandwidth.

Abstract: An audio decoder decodes a bit stream of encoded audio data, which bit stream represents a sequence of audio sample values and includes a plurality of frames, wherein each frame includes associated encoded audio sample values. The audio decoder includes a determiner configured to determine whether a frame of the encoded audio data is a special frame including encoded audio sample values associated with the special frame and additional information, wherein the additional information include encoded audio sample values of a number of frames preceding the special frame, wherein the encoded audio sample values of the preceding frames are encoded using the same codec configuration as the special frame, wherein the number of preceding frames is sufficient to initialize the decoder to be in a position to decode the audio sample values associated with the special frame if the special frame is the first frame upon start-up of the decoder.

Abstract: A configurable multi-protocol transceiver implemented in an integrated circuit (“IC”) includes configurable deskew circuitry. The transceiver has various configurable deskew settings to facilitate effectively adapting transmit and/or receive communications corresponding to a selected one of a plurality of high-speed communication protocols and/or adapt to different implementations in which a deskew block addresses either just static skew or both static and dynamic skew. Configurable circuitry is adapted to control an allowed data depth of a plurality of buffers. Configurable circuitry is adapted to control a deskew character transmit insertion frequency. A programmable state machine is adapted to control read and write pointers in accordance with selectable conditions for achieving an alignment lock condition.

Abstract: An audio decoder decodes a bit stream of encoded audio data, which bit stream represents a sequence of audio sample values and includes a plurality of frames, wherein each frame includes associated encoded audio sample values. The audio decoder includes a determiner configured to determine whether a frame of the encoded audio data is a special frame including encoded audio sample values associated with the special frame and additional information, wherein the additional information include encoded audio sample values of a number of frames preceding the special frame, wherein the encoded audio sample values of the preceding frames are encoded using the same codec configuration as the special frame, wherein the number of preceding frames is sufficient to initialize the decoder to be in a position to decode the audio sample values associated with the special frame if the special frame is the first frame upon start-up of the decoder.

Abstract: There is provided a frame converter that writes input data included in an input frame to a buffer to accumulate the input data and outputs data read from the buffer as output data included in an output frame, the frame converter includes a setting unit configured to set a time interval from start of resizing of data rate of the input data to start of resizing of data rate of the output data when resizing of an accumulation amount in the buffer is performed in which data rates of the input data and the output data vary, and an adjustment unit configured to adjust to approximate the data rate of the output data to the data rate of the input data after the time interval has elapsed since the start of resizing of data rate of the input data.

Abstract: Techniques and a network edge device are provided herein to extend local area networks (LANs) and storage area networks (SANs) beyond a data center while converging the associated local area network and storage area network host layers. A packet is received at a device in a network. It is determined if the packet is routed to a local or remote storage area network or local area network. In response to determining that the packet routed to a remote storage area network, storage area network extension services are performed with respect to the packet in order to extend the storage area network on behalf of a remote location. In response to determining that the packet is routed to a local local area network traffic, local area network extension services are performed with respect to the packet in order to extend the local area network on behalf of the remote location.

Abstract: A gearbox IC is incorporated into an optical communications system to enable an optical link that incorporates the system to achieve data rates that are at least double that which are currently achievable in optical links. The gearbox IC is compatible with ASIC designs currently used in optical fiber links. The gearbox IC enables the data rate of the optical fiber link to be dramatically increased without requiring a redesign of the ASIC that is currently used in the optical fiber link. The gearbox IC performs data rate conversion and phase alignment for bit streams being transferred via the gearbox IC between the ASIC and an optical transceiver module of the optical communications system.

Abstract: A method relates generally to a receiver. In such a method, a check of a clock and data recovery block of the receiver for a metastable state is performed. A phase input to a phase interpolator of the receiver is changed to cause the clock and data recovery block of the receiver to exit the metastable state within a time limit. To check for the metastable state, a phase difference in received data is determined, and the phase difference is determined to be less than a threshold for the clock and data recovery block being in the metastable state.

Abstract: A system for locking subrate clocks includes a module that the system phase-locks an incoming subrate clock from a Data Communication Equipment device. A Circuit Emulation Services over Packet transmission network is used to connect the Data Communications Equipment device to a Data Terminal Equipment device. Synchronization between end points is maintained by the system.

Abstract: A source-synchronous capture unit on a receiving circuit includes a first first-in-first-out (FIFO) unit operable to synchronize a write enable signal to generate a synchronized write enable signal that is synchronized with a first free running clock associated with a memory external to the receiving circuit. The write enable sign is generated in response to a read operation by the receiving circuit. The source-synchronous capture unit also includes a second FIFO unit operable to store data from the memory in response to the first free running clock and the synchronized write enable signal, and to output the data in response to a second free running clock associated with the receiving circuit and a read enable signal.

Abstract: A method for generating a de-mapping clock for service data is provided, comprising: receiving a data frame and obtaining a payload value from the data frame; obtaining distribution of valid service data in a certain time cycle according to the payload value in the data frame; generating a data writing clock according to the distribution of the valid service data, performing a homogenization treatment on the data writing clock, and obtaining the data writing virtual clock; comparing a non-gap statistical quantity of the data writing virtual clock with a non-gap statistical quantity of the service clock gap, and generating a de-mapping clock gap according to the comparison result; generating a service clock gap according to the de-mapping clock gap; and performing a phase-locked loop process on the de-mapping clock gap, so as to obtain a recovery clock signal required by a de-mapping process.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that facilitate power management in a processing device. The system contains a power management component and a coupled to the processing device. The power management component determines and input rate and target voltages and/or frequency. The power management component can scale voltages and/or frequencies based on target voltages and/or frequencies. Accordingly, power consumption can be reduced and processing devices can be more efficient.