A general-purpose link interface chipset for gigabit rate data communication

A chipset has been developed for transmitting parallel data over serial links. The chipset, consisting of a transmitter interface chip (TIC) and a receiver interface chip (RIC), can support serial transmission up to 1.4 Gbaud. Data encoding is based on a scheme published earlier, but has been improved to provide more flexibility and better efficiency. The chipset requires no external components for its operation other than a few capacitors, which are built into its custom package.<
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