Method and apparatus for the reliable transition of status signals from an interface device when using a localized sampling architecture
CA 2253028 C · Owner: Pmc-Sierra Ltd. · Inventors: Tse, Richard Tsz-Shiu; Mcdowell, Shawn Patrick
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Method and apparatus are provided for guaranteeing that transmit cell available signals transmitted from an ATM-PHY interface device conform to a communication protocol. A previous transmit cell available signal from the previous clock cycle is stored and a transmit status signal and a transmit enable signal for the current clock cycle are sampled. One of the transmit status signal and the previous transmit cell available signal are selected as the new transmit cell available signal based upon the state of the transmit enable signal and the transmit status signal.
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