Method and system for serialization and deserialization (SERDES) for inter-system communications

摘要

An integrated circuit may comprise a tuner operable to digitize a band of frequencies comprising a plurality of television channels, a crossbar operable to select one or more of the plurality of television channels output by the tuner, a plurality of demodulators operable to receive the selected one or more television channels from the crossbar and demodulate the selected one or more television channels to recover a plurality of transport streams, a transport module operable to multiplex the plurality of transport streams into a single packet stream, and a framer operable to: encapsulate packets of the plurality of transport streams into transport stream frames of a serial datastream, and insert filler frames into the serial datastream after every Nth transport stream frame of the serial datastream, where N is an integer.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
an integrated circuit comprising:
a tuner operable to digitize a band of frequencies comprising a plurality of television channels;a crossbar operable to select one or more of said plurality of television channels output by said tuner;a plurality of demodulators operable to receive said selected one or more of said plurality of television channels from said crossbar and demodulate said selected one or more television channels to recover a plurality of transport streams;a transport module operable to multiplex said plurality of transport streams into a single packet stream;a framer operable to:
encapsulate packets of said plurality of transport streams into transport stream frames of a serial datastream; andinsert filler frames into said serial datastream after every Nth transport stream frame of said serial datastream, where N is an integer.