Patent ID: 9258004
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: H03M

Claim Text:
1. A method for supplying customized data converters, the method comprising: fabricating a universal data converter having a first plurality of data conversion circuits selectively enabled in response to a corresponding first plurality of codewords, where the data converter circuits are selected from a group consisting of a second plurality of parallel analog-to-digital (A-to-D) circuits capable, when enabled, of performing a corresponding second plurality of A-to-D algorithms, a third plurality of parallel digital-to-analog (D-to-A) circuits capable, when enabled, of performing a corresponding third plurality of D-to-A algorithms, and both the second plurality of A-to-D circuits and the third plurality of D-to-A circuits; supplying a first codeword; and, in response to the first codeword, enabling a corresponding first data converter circuit from among the first plurality of data converter circuits to perform one of the second plurality of A-to-D algorithms or third plurality of D-to-A algorithms.