Patent attributes
A high speed transceiver operable to receive lower data rate transmissions includes an oversampling module, an aligning module, a selecting module, and a memory module. The oversampling module is operably coupled to oversample an n-bit data word at an oversampling rate of m to produce an m by n bit oversampled data word, wherein the n-bit data word is received at a first data transmission rate that is less than a serial bit rate of the high speed transceiver. The transition boundary module is operably coupled to determine transition boundary data of the m by n bit oversampled data word in accordance with a clock of the high speed transceiver to produce transition boundary data. The selecting module is operably coupled to select representative bits in accordance with the transition boundary data to produce a recovered data word. The memory module is operably coupled to store the recovered data word.