Format converter
CA 1321648 C · Owner: Data General Corporation · Inventors: Nobile, Daniel Alexander; Almond, Gary Robert
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Methods and apparatus are set forth that perform Format Conversion between bit streams which embed sub-rate circuit data according to different protocols. The invention (1) locates and extracts the sub-rate circuit data embedded, in an input serial bit stream in accordance with, a first predefined protocol (2) aligns the data in a buffer and (3) creates an output bit stream in which the extracted circuit data is reformatted and inserted in accordance with a second predefined protocol. A programmable bit map driven format conversion module operates the data aligned in the aforementioned buffer. The conversion process is bidirectional and, in one embodiment of the invention facilitages …
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- Granted August 24, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended August 24, 2010.
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