Patent ID: 6671754
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for converting input data from a multiplicity of data sources that are mutually asynchronous, to a single, common synchronous format, comprising:receiving each asynchronous data input from said data sources in a respective first-in, first-out buffer (FIFO) device; controlling the readout of data from the respective FIFO devices to provide a microtiming function to assure that sequential samples of data from said asynchronous data sources step together, one at a time out of their respective FIFOs without loss of registration, and to provide a macrotiming function to initially align a predetermined start point of a sequence of data among all of the data sources, comprising decoding a BEGIN SEQUENCE flag in the input data from each source, and disabling readout from each FIFO device until a BEGIN SEQUENCE flag for each input data source has been decoded.