Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Clock/power-domain crossing circuit with asynchronous FIFO and independent transmitter and receiver sides
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Application No.: US14706076Application Date: 2015-05-07
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Publication No.: US10048893B2Publication Date: 2018-08-14
- Inventor: Mark Goikhman , Tzach Zemer
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: D. Kligler IP Services Ltd.
- Main IPC: H05K7/10
- IPC: H05K7/10 ; G06F13/00 ; G06F13/28 ; G06F1/12 ; G06F13/42 ; H04L5/00 ; H04L7/00 ; G06F3/00 ; G06F5/00 ; G06F13/36 ; G06F3/06 ; G06F13/40

Abstract:
An electronic circuit includes transmit-side circuitry and receive-side circuitry. The transmit-side circuitry belongs to a first domain of the circuit and is configured to transmit a data signal from the first domain to a second domain of the circuit. The receive-side circuitry belongs to the second domain and is configured to receive the transmitted data signal. The receive-side circuitry is configured to transfer to the transmit-side circuitry a read pointer value indicative of a readout position in a buffer memory that buffers the data signal, and to retain the read pointer value in a non-volatile element that is accessible to the transmit-side circuitry.
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