Issue Number: 342

Objective of pull request:
Input compression methods added for large inputs. Fixes and additions for N3 Conv features

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• Issue created that explains the change and why it's needed
• Tests are part of the PR (for bug fixes / features)
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• PR conforms to Coding Conventions
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• Lint (flakeheaven lint src/lava tests/) and (bandit -r src/lava/.) pass locally
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• Bugfix
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Does this introduce a breaking change?

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