Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Reducing latency in data transfer between asynchronous clock domains
- Patent Title (中): 减少异步时钟域之间数据传输的延迟
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Application No.: US12109483Application Date: 2008-04-25
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Publication No.: US08132036B2Publication Date: 2012-03-06
- Inventor: Anil Pothireddy , Kirtish Karlekar , David Grant Wheeler
- Applicant: Anil Pothireddy , Kirtish Karlekar , David Grant Wheeler
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Agent Owen J. Gamon
- Main IPC: G06F1/12
- IPC: G06F1/12 ; H04L7/00 ; G06F13/20

Abstract:
A method and an interfacing circuit are disclosed for transmitting data between a first clock domain operating at a first clock frequency C1 and a second clock domain operating at a second clock frequency C2. In accordance with this invention, data are transmitted from the first domain, through the interfacing circuitry, and to the second domain. Also, the interfacing circuitry includes a synchronization section that operates at a third frequency C3, which, in one embodiment, is greater than and a whole number multiple of C2. Preferably, C3 is an even whole number multiple of C2. In the preferred embodiment, a clock signal A is used to operate the second clock domain at frequency C2, and a clock signal B is used to operate the synchronization section of the interfacing circuitry at frequency C3, and clock signals A and B are source synchronized.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090271651A1 Method and System for Reducing Latency in Data Transfer Between Asynchronous Clock Domains Public/Granted day:2009-10-29
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