System and method for digital signaling

摘要

Systems and methods for communicating digital data associated with amplitudes and phases of a virtual periodic waveform having a designated period between components connected by n conductors include, in one embodiment, circuitry that converts a first amplitude and a first phase to a first corresponding voltage or current and applies the first corresponding voltage or current to a first one of the plurality of conductors, and converts the first amplitude and the first phase to (n−1) corresponding voltages or currents based on amplitudes of the periodic waveform phase shifted by about m*(360/n) relative to the first phase where m is indexed from one to (n−1) and applies each corresponding voltage or current to an associated conductor of the plurality of conductors. The systems and methods are particularly suited for reducing the number of conductors to obtain a desired I/O data rate/throughput for integrated circuit chips and wired networks.

主权项

1. A method for digital signaling over a group of “n” conductors, comprising:
associating a unique multiple-bit binary pattern with corresponding unique n-dimensional coordinates for each of a plurality of patterns; converting each coordinate of the n-dimensional coordinates to a corresponding voltage or current; communicating the multiple-bit binary pattern by applying each voltage or current associated with the n-dimensional coordinates to a corresponding conductor of the group of “n” conductors, wherein the number “n” of conductors is less than the number of bits of each multiple-bit binary pattern.