Digital data link performance monitor

摘要

A digital data link performance monitor technique for communication systems and information and data processing systems is disclosed. The technique is based on the integration and analysis of a plurality of sorted data edge transitions of a serial data stream received over the digital data link. The number of data edge sorts to each of n time intervals definitive of the edge histogram is compared with a predetermined threshold level and a monitor signal is generated with each comparison. The combination of monitor signals is then analyzed to determine the amount of data timing jitter, and therefore the quality of the link. Corresponding methods and circuits are described.