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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 16, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roberto Sannino, Romano Lombardo, IT;
Filippo Brenna, Villa Raverio, IT;
Assignee:
SGS Thomson Microelectronics, S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M / ; H03M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
341 59 ; 341 58 ;
Abstract
System for decoding code words in the EFM-PLUS and/or EFM format in which an enumeration block makes it possible to associate in a one-to-one manner with each of the code words a numerical value from a practically continuous set of numerical values. The numerical value, possibly summed with an offset value, by an address generator, addresses a read-only memory in which are stored information codes, each of which is associated, as decoded information, with one of the code words.