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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:
May. 15, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2006
Applicants:
Chandra C. Varanasi, Longmont, CO (US);
Kinhing P. Tsang, Plymouth, MN (US);
Inventors:
Chandra C. Varanasi, Longmont, CO (US);
Kinhing P. Tsang, Plymouth, MN (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for decoding a sequence of code words into a sequence of data words. Each code word includes an encoded data word and an indicator bit. The encoded data word is extracted unchanged into a respective unencoded data word if an indicator bit has a first binary value and is extracted into the unencoded data word and then complemented if the indicator bit has a second, opposite binary value.