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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 06, 1999
Andrew Popplewell, Manchester, GB;
Stephen Williams, Manchester, GB;
LSI Logic Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus generally having a threshold slicer, a state logic device and a converter. The threshold slicer may be configured to generate a (i) first signal having an initial state of a plurality of states in response to a preceding value and a present value from an input signal and (ii) a second signal having a plurality of levels in response to the preceding value and the present value. The state logic device may be configured to generate a third signal having a sequence of the plurality of states starting with the initial state in response to the first signal. The converter may be configured to generate an output signal having the plurality of levels in response to the plurality of states in the third signal.