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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2006
Filed:
May. 24, 2001
Applicants:
Peter Aymar, Ingersheim, DE;
Peter Bohnhoff, München, DE;
Ralf Hartmann, München, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 13/03 (2006.01); H03D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus and method for executing a Viterbi algorithm includes initial state registers, at least one transition register, and an adder/subtracter network. Furthermore, evaluation units and a selection unit are provided for switching the apparatus between a first operating mode and a second operating mode. The selection unit can select different evaluation units depending on the selected operating mode.