What is Clock and data recovery (CDR)?

A receiver circuit that extracts clock timing from transitions in the received data and decides each bit, removing the need for a dedicated clock wire.

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Questions that mention Clock and data recovery (CDR) (3)

  1. What is the role of the clock and data recovery (CDR) circuit in a high-speed serial receiver?
  2. What has been the purpose of 8b/10b encoding (sending 8 data bits as a 10-bit code) in serial links?
  3. What is the purpose of spread-spectrum clocking (SSC), used in PCI Express and elsewhere?

Related terms

PCI Express PLL (phase-locked loop) 8b/10b encoding Spread-spectrum clocking (SSC) 128b/130b encoding AXI Bit error rate (BER) Characteristic impedance Compute Express Link (CXL) Credit-based flow control

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