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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2004
Guolin Pan, Westwood, MA (US);
Anshoo Tandon, Bangalore, IN;
Ravikumar Ramanathan, Bangalore, IN;
Michael J. Lopez, Roslindale, MA (US);
Guolin Pan, Westwood, MA (US);
Anshoo Tandon, Bangalore, IN;
Ravikumar Ramanathan, Bangalore, IN;
Michael J. Lopez, Roslindale, MA (US);
Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);
Abstract
A method converts an input data rate associated with N units of data to an output data rate associated with M units of data. The method includes calculating N write-control parameters each associated with one of M addresses of an output memory, directing each of N values of input data to an associated address of the output memory in response to the N calculated write-control parameters, and reading the output memory to provide output data associated with the output data rate. If N is greater than M, some of the N write-control parameters are associated with at least one shared address of the M addresses. If M is greater than N, all of the N write-control parameters are associated with different addresses of the M addresses. An apparatus is configured to implement this method.