Datasheet
Infrared Serial Communications 
Technical Data MC68HC908LJ12 — Rev. 2.1
244 Infrared Serial Communications Interface Module (IRSCI) Freescale Semiconductor
As the receiver samples an incoming character, it resynchronizes the RT 
clock on any valid falling edge within the character. Resynchronization 
within characters corrects misalignments between transmitter bit times 
and receiver bit times.
Slow Data Tolerance
Figure 13-10 shows how much a slow received character can be 
misaligned without causing a noise error or a framing error. The slow 
stop bit begins at RT8 instead of RT1 but arrives in time for the stop bit 
data samples at RT8, RT9, and RT10.
Figure 13-10. Slow Data
For an 8-bit character, data sampling of the stop bit takes the receiver
9 bit times × 16 RT cycles + 10 RT cycles = 154 RT cycles.
With the misaligned character shown in Figure 13-10, the receiver 
counts 154 RT cycles at the point when the count of the transmitting 
device is 9 bit times × 16 RT cycles + 3 RT cycles = 147 RT cycles.
The maximum percent difference between the receiver count and the 
transmitter count of a slow 8-bit character with no errors is
For a 9-bit character, data sampling of the stop bit takes the receiver
10 bit times × 16 RT cycles + 10 RT cycles = 170 RT cycles.
With the misaligned character shown in Figure 13-10, the receiver 
counts 170 RT cycles at the point when the count of the transmitting 
device is 10 bit times × 16 RT cycles + 3 RT cycles = 163 RT cycles.
MSB STOP
RT1
RT2
RT3
RT4
RT5
RT6
RT7
RT8
RT9
RT10
RT11
RT12
RT13
RT14
RT15
RT16
DATA
SAMPLES
RECEIVER
RT CLOCK
154 147–
154
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100× 4.54%=










