Patent ID: 6327690
Filing Date: 2001-12-04
Classification: H03M

Abstract:
An encoder and syndrome generator integrated in a Reed-Solomon error correction code unit, the unit comprising:an input buffer having an output;an output buffer; anda combinational circuit coupled between the input buffer and the output buffer, the combinatorial circuit comprising:means for multiplexing having a first input, a second input, a first output, and a second output, the means for multiplexing coupled to the output of the input buffer;a core execution unit having an output, the core execution unit coupled to the first output and the second output of the means for multiplexing;a swap unit having an output, the swap unit coupled to the output of the core execution unit, the output of the swap unit coupled to the first input of the means for multiplexing and coupled to the second input of the means for multiplexing through a memory, anda select signal bus coupled to the means for multiplexing and to the core execution unit.