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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ara Patapoutian, Westborough, MA (US);
Ba-Zhong Shen, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Peter McEwen, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Michael Leis, Framingham, MA (US);
Assignee:
Maxtor Corporation, Longmont, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/100 ; H03M 1/300 ; G11C 2/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/100 ; H03M 1/300 ; G11C 2/900 ;
Abstract
A parity check matrix is generated for detecting predefined errors in a coded string of bits. A column of the matrix is generated by selecting values for elements in the column and processing a predefined error with the selected values in order to produce a syndrome. The selected values are assigned to the column of the parity check matrix if an element of the syndrome has a value indicative of the predefined error.