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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 30, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/300 ; H03D 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/300 ; H03D 1/00 ;
Abstract
In a data decoding apparatus, the Viterbi algorithm is used in an equalizer so that the difference data between state metrics is used as reliability data with respect to the output data so as to provide the reliability data which can accurately represent the likelihood of the output data, whereby it is ensured that efficient decoding of data may be performed based on the reliability data described above.