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Digital signal processing circuit

CA 1215780 A · Owner: Sony Corporation · Inventors: Joichi, Yoshiro; Yokota, Teppei

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Disclosed is a digital signal processing circuit which can process digital data of at least two different data formats where one word consists of respectively of m and n bits (m and n being positive integers and m > n) for instance 16 and 14 bits, resides in that serial data of the data format where one word consists of m bits (for instance 16 bits) is rearranged into a form conforming to the data format where one word consists of n bits (for instance 14 bits) and that processing (for instance T matrix calculation) is effected according to a bit clock corresponding to the difference in the bit number between m and n thereby obtaining data conforming to the data format where one word …

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  • Granted December 23, 1986. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 23, 2003.
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FiledJuly 22, 1981
GrantedDecember 23, 1986
Term endedDecember 23, 2003
Patent numberCA 1215780 A
Classification (IPC)H03M7/20 +2 more

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19821985198819911994199720002003Application filedJuly 22, 1981Patent grantedDec 23, 1986Term endedDec 23, 2003

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