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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2004
Applicant:
Stefan Rapp, Schramberg, DE;
Inventor:
Stefan Rapp, Schramberg, DE;
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to an electronic circuit for decoding a read signal from an optical storage medium, the electronic circuit comprising a limit equalizer for amplification of high frequency read signal components without substantially increasing inter-symbol interference, a Viterbi detector being coupled to an output of the limit equalizer for providing the decoded read signal, a coefficient adaptation circuit for tuning the limit equalizer to a partial response target.