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AssigneeSTMicroelectronics S.r.l.
InventorsFrancesco Pappalardo, Giuseppe Notarangelo
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A receiver circuit extracts data from a serial data signal. The serial data signal contains a data packet having a first format with a first number of bits or a second format with a second number of bits based on a selection signal. The second format comprises the bits of the first format followed by one or more additional bits. The receiver circuit has at least one shift register having a total number of bits equal or greater than the number of bits of the second format and a switching circuit that selectively connects the serial data signal to one of the shift register serial inputs as a function of the selection signal. When the first format is selected and the respective bits received, the bits are stored in given positions of the one or more shift registers. The switching circuit also, when the second format is selected and the respective bits received, stores the bits of the first format included at the beginning of the second format in the same given positions of the one or more shift registers.
A receiver circuit to extract data from a serial data signal, the serial data signal containing a data packet, wherein based on a selection signal said data packet has bits arranged in a first data packet format or bits arranged in a second data packet format, wherein said first data packet format has a first number of bits and said second data packet format has a second number of bits, wherein said second data packet format includes the bits of said first data packet format followed by one or more additional bits, said receiver circuit comprising:
An apparatus, comprising:
An method, comprising:
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