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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2016
Stmicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;
Francesco Pappalardo, Paterno′, IT;
Giuseppe Notarangelo, Gravina di Catania, IT;
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L., Agrate Brianza, IT;
Abstract
A receiver circuit extracts data from a serial data signal. The serial data signal contains a data packet having a first format with a first number of bits or a second format with a second number of bits based on a selection signal. The second format comprises the bits of the first format followed by one or more additional bits. The receiver circuit has at least one shift register having a total number of bits equal or greater than the number of bits of the second format and a switching circuit that selectively connects the serial data signal to one of the shift register serial inputs as a function of the selection signal. When the first format is selected and the respective bits received, the bits are stored in given positions of the one or more shift registers. The switching circuit also, when the second format is selected and the respective bits received, stores the bits of the first format included at the beginning of the second format in the same given positions of the one or more shift registers.