Patent ID: 8239604
Filing Date: 2012-08-07
Classification: H03K

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising a circuit that includes: configuration identification structure configurable to identify a selected one of a plurality of different configurations each having associated therewith a respective one of a plurality of different integer numbers that are each greater than zero, the integer number associated with the selected configuration being a selected integer number; a first interface; a second interface that includes a plurality of lines, the number of the lines being greater than or equal to the largest integer number in the plurality of integer numbers; and a conversion section that is coupled to the first and second interfaces, and that is responsive to the configuration identification structure, the conversion section organizing the lines of the second interface into line groups equal in number to the selected integer number, the conversion section carrying out a conversion operation in which it supplies to each line group a respective incoming data segment received through the first interface, wherein if the selected integer value is greater than one then the line groups are mutually exclusive and, during the conversion operation, a plurality of the incoming data segments equal in number to the selected number are successively received through the first interface and are successively supplied to the respective line groups.