Patent ID: 9286260
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: G06F,H03M

Claim Text:
1. A method for converting serial data having a certain word size to parallel data, comprising the steps of: generating segments from the serial data using serially-connected stages, wherein the segments have a predetermined bit size; storing each of the segments into a selectively turned-on flip-flop of a final stage, wherein the final stage is serially connected to the stages, wherein the final stage has a plurality of flip-flops, wherein each of the flip-flops has a bit size equaling to the predetermined bit size, wherein the segments are latched to the flip-flops of the final stage according to generated clock signals, wherein selected ones of the flips-flops are activated by the generated clock signals to store up to the certain word size, and wherein non-selected ones of the flip-flops are deactivated by the generated clock signals; and outputting the stored segments in parallel.