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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2003
Applicant:
Kouichi Nagano, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Kouichi Nagano, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A path storing circuit has path holding parts at a plurality of stages storing a survivor path and corresponding to times. A majority decision circuit receives output values of three delay circuits including the top and bottom delay circuits each receiving a selected output of a selector out of six delay circuits in the path holding part at the final stage and makes a decision by a majority.