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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
May. 25, 2017
Applicant:
Silicon Motion Inc., Hsinchu County, TW;
Inventors:
Chen-Yu Weng, Kaohsiung, TW;
Wen-Kai Liu, Hsinchu County, TW;
Assignee:
Silicon Motion Inc., Hsinchu County, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 (2006.01); G11C 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/1012 (2013.01); G11C 7/1051 (2013.01); G11C 7/1066 (2013.01); G11C 7/1072 (2013.01); G11C 2207/2281 (2013.01);
Abstract
A channel controlling device includes: a multiplexing circuit coupled to multiple channels for selecting a particular channel from the channels to output a channel data according to a selection signal, wherein the channels correspond to multiple predetermined digital numbers; a sorting circuit arranged to sort the predetermined digital numbers to form multiple sorted digital numbers according to a data output order of the channels; and an arbitration circuit, arranged to determine the selection signal according to the plurality of sorted digital numbers.