摘要 |
An integrated routing circuit that provides serial-to-parallel and parallel-to-serial data conversion, and data transmission over various types of media including coaxial, twisted-pair, and fiber optic media. The integrated routing circuit has two receivers, three multiplexers, a reclocking circuit, a serial-to-parallel converter, a parallel-to-serial converter, a serial transmitter, an output controller, and a parallel transmitter. The circuits that form the integrated routing circuit are arranged so that either serial or parallel data sources can be selected from a plurality of inputs to the integrated routing circuit and so that various routing paths can be established for the selected sources. The selected routing path is established via the use of control words. |