The invention provides an apparatus, and related method, for receiving and synchronizing parallel data transmitted over multiple serial data channels. The synchronization technique uses a channel lock FIFO buffer on each received serial data channel. The FIFO buffers are configured to tolerate a significant...http://www.google.com/patents/US6512804?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6512804 - Apparatus and method for multiple serial data synchronization using channel-lock FIFO buffers optimized for jitter
