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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter McEwen, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ara Patapoutian, Westborough, MA (US);
Ke Han, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Maxtor Corporation, Longmont, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/04 ;
Abstract
Determining a phase error in a data signal includes detecting bits in an original data signal, determining a phase error in the original data signal based on the detected bits, adjusting a clock signal based on the phase error, sampling the original data signal with the clock signal to produce a sampled data signal, and repeating detecting, determining, adjusting and sampling using the sampled data signal instead of the original data signal.