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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:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 08, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kerry C. Glover, Wylie, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03D 3/24 ; H04L 2/708 ; H03H 7/40 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03D 3/24 ; H04L 2/708 ; H03H 7/40 ;
Abstract
A method for acquiring a signal in a read channel ( ), the read channel ( ) having an equalizer ( ), includes performing an automatic gain control sequence; performing a phase locked loop sequence that includes performing a fast phase locked loop step, the fast phase locked loop step including bypassing the equalizer; and performing a synchronization search sequence.