Interconnection techniques
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1. A system comprising:
- a backplane comprising at least two lanes, wherein each lane comprises at least two pairs of differential traces on a printed circuit board and a connector coupled to transmit signals to each of the pairs, wherein each of the lanes is to transmit electrical signals, wherein electrical characteristics of each of the lanes is to comply in part with clause 72 of IEEE 802.3ap (2007);
at least two receivers;
at least two transmitters; and
logic to form a signal, wherein to form a signal, the logic is to combine contents of signals received by the receivers from the lanes, whereineach of the at least two transmitters is associated with a receiver,the backplane is to communicatively couple a transmitter to an associated receiver using a lane,each transmitter is to transmit signals to an associated receiver,each transmitter comprises;
forward error correction (FEC) encoder logic to encode signals with forward error correction, andFEC decoder logic to decode received signals and to indicate error more often than every eighth sync bit, andan aggregate transmission rate of the signals transmitted over the multiple lanes is approximately a number of lanes times a transmission rate of 10GBASE-KR in IEEE 802.3ap (2007).
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Abstract
Techniques are described that can be used to extend the data transmission rate specified by 10GBASE-KR of IEEE 802.3ap (2007) to more than 10 Gb/s using a multiple lane backplane. A signal for transmission over 10 Gb/s can be divided into multiple streams for transmission over multiple lanes. Multiple transceiver pairs can be used for transmission and receipt of the multiple streams. Each transceiver pair may comply with 10GBASE-KR of IEEE 802.3ap (2007).
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1. A system comprising:
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a backplane comprising at least two lanes, wherein each lane comprises at least two pairs of differential traces on a printed circuit board and a connector coupled to transmit signals to each of the pairs, wherein each of the lanes is to transmit electrical signals, wherein electrical characteristics of each of the lanes is to comply in part with clause 72 of IEEE 802.3ap (2007); at least two receivers; at least two transmitters; and logic to form a signal, wherein to form a signal, the logic is to combine contents of signals received by the receivers from the lanes, wherein each of the at least two transmitters is associated with a receiver, the backplane is to communicatively couple a transmitter to an associated receiver using a lane, each transmitter is to transmit signals to an associated receiver, each transmitter comprises; forward error correction (FEC) encoder logic to encode signals with forward error correction, and FEC decoder logic to decode received signals and to indicate error more often than every eighth sync bit, and an aggregate transmission rate of the signals transmitted over the multiple lanes is approximately a number of lanes times a transmission rate of 10GBASE-KR in IEEE 802.3ap (2007). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method comprising:
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receiving a source signal; providing signals based on the source signal for transmission over multiple lanes of a backplane; transmitting the signals over the multiple lanes, wherein transmitting over each of the multiple lanes complies with 10GBASE-KR of IEEE 802.3ap (2007), wherein an aggregate transmission rate of the signals transmitted over the multiple lanes is approximately a number of lanes times a transmission rate of 10GBASE-KR of IEEE 802.3ap (2007); independently training each transmitter associated with each of the lanes using a PRBS11 training pattern, wherein a training pattern used for each lane is random with respect to training patterns used on other lanes; and indicating a global link signal detect after completion of training on all lanes. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method comprising:
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providing communicative coupling to lanes, wherein the providing communicative coupling to lanes comprises receiving signals transmitted over the lanes, wherein electrical characteristics of each of the lanes comply in part with clause 72 of IEEE 802.3ap (2007) and wherein an aggregate transmission rate of the signals received from the lanes is approximately a number of lanes times a transmission rate of 10GBASE-KR in IEEE 802.3ap (2007); decoding the received signals from the lanes, the signals encoded using forward error correction (FEC); and in response to detecting error based on the decoding, indicating error more often than every eighth sync bit. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An apparatus comprising:
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a connector to provide communicative coupling with multiple lanes in response to coupling with the multiple lanes and to receive signals transmitted using the lanes, wherein the connector is to receive signals transmitted over the lanes, wherein electrical characteristics of each of the lanes is to comply in part with clause 72 of IEEE 802.3ap (2007) and wherein an aggregate transmission rate of the signals received from the lanes is approximately a number of lanes times a transmission rate of 10GBASE-KR in IEEE 802.3ap (2007) and a forward error correction (FEC) decoder to decode received signals from the lanes and, in response to detection of error by the FEC decoder, to indicate error more often than every eighth sync bit. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. An apparatus comprising:
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a connector to provide communicative coupling with multiple lanes of a backplane in response to coupling with the multiple lanes; at least one trainer configured to; independently train a transmitter associated with one lane using a PRBS 11 training pattern, wherein a training pattern used for each lane is random with respect to training patterns used on other lanes and indicate a global link signal detect after completion of training on all lanes; and a transmitter to cause transmission of signals over the multiple lanes, wherein; the signals are based on a source signal and an aggregate transmission rate of the signals transmitted over the multiple lanes is approximately a number of lanes times a transmission rate of 10GBASE-KR of IEEE 802.3ap (2007). - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32)
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