Patents Examined by Spe Rexford Barnie
  • 2-1 Shuffling network
    Patent number: 7046181
    Abstract: A 2n?1 shuffling network includes a shuffle exchange network for receiving 2n?1 data inputs and a dummy input and providing 2n outputs; a replacement set of 2n?1 data switches for receiving 2n?1 outputs from the shuffle exchange network; and a selection circuit for actuating selective ones of the 2n?1 data switches in the replacement set to replace one of the 2n?1 outputs of the shuffle exchange network with a 2nth output of the shuffle exchange network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: William G. J. Schofield