The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Feb. 13, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2003
Hong-ching Chen, Feng Shan, TW;
Der-tsuey Shen Wang, Legal Representative, Hsin Chu, TW;
Hong-Ching Chen, Feng Shan, TW;
Der-Tsuey Shen Wang, legal representative, Hsin Chu, TW;
MediaTek Inc., Hsin Chu, TW;
Abstract
A PRML system with a branch estimator. The PRML system includes an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) for receiving an analog input signal and converting the analog input signal into a digital sampled signal according a sampling clock; a branch estimator for receiving the digital sampled signal and estimating each branch eigenvalue; and a Viterbi decoder for decoding an output signal according to the digital sampled signal and the branch eigenvalues. Since the PRML system employs the branch estimator to estimate the branch eigenvalues of trellis of the Viterbi decoder directly, the PRML system can be simplified and the execution speed of the PRML system can be increased.