Patent ID: 11962332
Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 13:
14. A method comprising:
producing, by a first stage, a first output comprising a decoded first input, wherein the first stage comprises a 7:1 decoder;
receiving, by a second stage, the first output from the first stage;
receiving, by a second stage, a second input; and
converting, by the second stage, the first output and the second input from a first code to a second code based on the second input and the first output, wherein the second stage comprises a first plurality of two input port AND gates, each one of the first plurality of two input port AND gates having a first input port respectively connected to one of seven output nodes of the 7:1 decoder and a second input port connected to an inverse of an input bit.